The following is a list of notable past players of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.
Historic teams[]
Partial inaugural (1919) roster[]
The following is a partial roster for the 1919 season, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys.
Name | Position | Notes |
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Roy S. "Bement" Adkins | G | Millikin University, was kicked off Millikin team for playing with Staleys at Taylorville |
(?) Bailey | E | |
Robert E. "Red" Brannan | E/Coach | Millikin University / maybe Brannon? |
(John W.)? Brant | HB | |
Perry Brecount | QB | Springfield HS / Illinois - freshman |
(?) Casey | HB | assumed name for Gepford? |
(Frank M.)? Chase | G | Great Lakes NTS? |
"Joe" Cooper | E | |
Robert L. "Bob" Crisp | G | |
(?) Dancliff | C | possibly Danklef |
Chuck Dressen | QB-HB | Decatur HS |
(Edward G.)? Eckhoff | E | |
(?) Gammel | G | |
Sidney "Sunshine" Gepford | HB-FB | Millikin University, was kicked off Millikin team for playing with Staleys at Taylorville |
Henry J. Halterman | G | Illinois - freshman |
"Charlie" Koehler | T | |
W. Lutz Krigbaum | G-FB | World War I officer - French Croix de Guerre / US Distinguished Service Cross |
Ralph L. "Jake" Lanum | HB-FB | Millikin University/Illinois |
Chester A. "Baldy" May | G | Taylorville HS |
Walter O. "Red" May | T | Taylorville HS |
(?) McGrath | C | |
(?) McElvey | HB | Northwestern - freshman? |
John F. "Jack" Mintun | C | Cambridge, NE, HS |
George H. Moffett | T | Millikin University |
"Bun" Moran | G | assumed name for Adkins? |
(?) Pyrzynski | HB-FB | multiple variations on spelling of surname |
C. Lawrence Thrift | FB-E | Decatur HS |
(Willard C.)? Valentine | E | |
W. Walter Veach | HB | |
A. Wade Wacaser | T | Taylorville Independents player - signed by Staleys to join team after Taylorville had concluded its season |
(?) Wagner | E | Rose Polytechnic |
Fred P. "Fritz" Wasem | E/Manager | Millikin University |
Ray C. "Buster" Woodworth | E |
Super Bowl XX championship roster[]
- Main article: 1985 Chicago Bears season
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Current players[]
Chicago Bears current roster
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Reserve lists
Practice squad
Rookies in italics
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First-round draft picks[]
- Main article: List of Chicago Bears first-round draft picks
The following is a list of first round draft picks of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.[1]
- Joe Stydahar (1936)
- Les McDonald (1937)
- Joe Gray (1938)
- Sid Luckman (1939)
- Bill Osmanski (1939)
- Clyde Turner (1940)
- Tom Harmon (1941)
- Norm Standlee (1941)
- Don Scott (1941)
- Frankie Albert (1942)
- Bob Steuber (1943)
- Ray Evans (1944)
- Don Lund (1945)
- John Lujack (1946)
- Bob Fenimore (1947)
- Dick Kindt (1947)
- Bobby Layne (1948)
- Max Baumgardner (1948)
- Dick Harris (1949)
- Chuck Hunsinger (1950)
- Fred "Curly" Morrison (1950)
- Bob Williams (1951)
- Billy Stone (1951)
- Gene Schroeder (1951)
- Jim Dooley (1952)
- Billy Anderson (1953)
- Stan Wallace (1954)
- Ron Drzewiecki (1955)
- Menan Schriewer (1956)
- Earl Leggett (1957)
- Chuck Howley (1958)
- Don Clark (1959)
- Roger Davis (1960)
- Mike Ditka (1961)
- Ronnie Bull (1962)
- Dave Behrman (1963)
- Dick Evey (1964)
- Dick Butkus (1965)
- Gale Sayers (1965)
- Steve DeLong (1965)
- George Rice (1966)
- Loyd Phillips (1967)
- Mike Hull (1968)
- Rufus Mayes (1969)
- Joe Moore (1971)
- Lionel Antoine (1972)
- Craig Clemons (1972)
- Wally Chambers (1973)
- Waymond Bryant (1974)
- Dave Gallagher (1974)
- Walter Payton (1975)
- Dennis Lick (1976)
- Ted Albrecht (1977)
- Dan Hampton (1979)
- Al Harris (1979)
- Otis Wilson (1980)
- Keith Van Horne (1981)
- Jim McMahon (1982)
- Jim Covert (1983)
- Willie Gault (1983)
- Wilber Marshall (1984)
- William Perry (1985)
- Neal Anderson (1986)
- Jim Harbaugh (1987)
- Brad Muster (1988)
- Wendell Davis (1988)
- Donnell Woolford (1989)
- Trace Armstrong (1989)
- Mark Carrier (1990)
- Stan Thomas (1991)
- Alonzo Spellman (1992)
- Curtis Conway (1993)
- John Thierry (1994)
- Rashaan Salaam (1995)
- Walt Harris (1996)
- Curtis Enis (1998)
- Cade McNown (1999)
- Brian Urlacher (2000)
- David Terrell (2001)
- Marc Colombo (2002)
- Michael Haynes (2003)
- Rex Grossman (2003)
- Tommie Harris (2004)
- Cedric Benson (2005)
- Greg Olsen (2007)
- Chris Williams (2008)
Starting quarterbacks[]
These quarterbacks have started for the NFL's Chicago Bears. They are listed in order of the date of each man's first start at quarterback for the Bears.
1920s Early Era (1920–1969)[]
- Chuck Dressen 1920
- Jimmy Conzelman 1920
- Paddy Driscoll 1926–1929
- Tom Hearden 1929
1930s[]
- Carl Brumbaugh 1930–1934 – Two League Championships
- John Doehring 1932–1935, 1937
- Bernard Masterson 1935–1939
1940s[]
- Wally Dreyer 1949
- Sid Luckman 1940–1948 – Four League Championships
- Raymond R. Schumacher 1946–1948 program photo
1950s[]
- Johnny Lujack 1949–1951
- George Blanda 1952–1954
- Ed Brown 1955–1959
1960s[]
- Zeke Bratkowski 1960
- Billy Wade 1961–1964 – League Championship
- Rudy Bukich 1965–1966
- Jack Concannon 1967–1970
1970s Modern Era (1970–present)[]
- Bobby Douglass 1971–1972
- Gary Huff 1973–1975
- Bob Avellini 1976–1979
- Mike Phipps 1979
1980s[]
- Vince Evans 1980–1982
- Steve Fuller 1984–1986 (never listed as an official starter)
- Doug Flutie 1986 (never listed as an official starter)
- Rusty Lisch 1984 (never listed as an official starter)
- Jim McMahon 1982–1988 Super Bowl XX
- Mike Tomczak 1986–1990
1990s[]
- Jim Harbaugh 1989–1993
- Peter Tom Willis 1992 (never listed as an official starter)
- Steve Walsh 1994
- Erik Kramer 1994–1995, 1997–1999
- Rick Mirer 1997
- Steve Stenstrom 1998
- Moses Moreno 1998 (never listed as an official starter)
- Dave Krieg 1996
- Shane Matthews 1999–2001
- Cade McNown 1999–2000
2000s[]
- Jim Miller 2001–2002
- Chris Chandler 2002–2003 (never listed as an official starter)
- Henry Burris 2002
- Kordell Stewart 2003
- Rex Grossman 2003[2], 2004–2007, 2008
- Chad Hutchinson 2004
- Jonathan Quinn 2004
- Craig Krenzel 2004
- Kyle Orton 2005, 2007[3], 2008
- Brian Griese 2007
- Jay Cutler 2009
- Todd Collins 2010
References[]
- ↑ NFL Draft History
- ↑ Grossman was named as the Bears' starting quarterback for week fifteen (2005) and the NFC Divisional Playoffs.
- ↑ Orton was named as the Bears starting quarterback for week fourteen of the 2007 season, after Grossman sustained a knee injury during week thirteen.