untung99.biz: List of Chicago Bears players

The following are lists of past and current players of the Chicago Bears professional American football team.

Historic teams[edit]

Partial inaugural (1919) roster[edit]

The following is a partial roster for the 1919 season, when the team was known as the Decatur Staleys.

Name	Position	Notes
Roy S. “Bement” Adkins	G
(?) Bailey	E
Robert E. “Red” Brannan	E/Coach
(John W.)? Brant	HB
Perry Brecount	QB
(?) Casey	HB
Frank Manley Chase	G
“Joe” Cooper	E
Robert L. “Bob” Crisp	G
(?) Dancliff	C
Chuck Dressen	QB-HB
(Edward G.)? Eckhoff	E
(?) Gammel	G
Sidney “Sunshine” Gepford	HB-FB
Henry J. Halterman	G
“Charlie” Koehler	T
William Lutz Krigbaum	G-FB	Colonel U.S. Army
Ralph L. “Jake” Lanum	HB-FB
Chester A. “Baldy” May	G
Walter O. “Red” May	T
(?) McGrath	C
(?) McElvey	HB
John F. “Jack” Mintun	C
George H. Moffett	T
“Bun” Moran	G
(?) Pyrzynski	HB-FB
C. Lawrence Thrift	FB-E
(Willard C.)? Valentine	E
W. Walter Veach	HB
A. Wade Wacaser	T
(?) Wagner	E
Paul C. Wilson	E	Methodist Minister Rev. Paul C. Wilson
Fred P. “Fritz” Wasem	E/Manager
Ray C. “Buster” Woodworth	E
Lester “Lefty” Wallack

Super Bowl rosters[edit]

The following lists are lists of the Bears Super Bowl teams.

Super Bowl XX championship roster[edit]

Complete roster of 1985 season (January 26, 1986)[1]
Quarterbacks Offensive backs Receivers Tight ends	Kickers Offensive line Defensive line	Linebackers Cornerbacks Defensive backs Safeties

Super Bowl XLI runner-up roster[edit]

(as of 1/2/2007)
Quarterbacks Offensive backs Receivers Tight ends Kickers	Offensive line Defensive line	Linebackers Cornerbacks Safeties	Practice squad

Current roster[edit]

Quarterbacks Running backs Wide receivers Tight ends

Offensive linemen Defensive linemen

Linebackers Defensive backs Special teams

Reserve lists

First-round draft picks[edit]

The following list is of the Bears first-round draft picks since 1936.^[2]

The following is a list of Pro Football Hall of Famers that have been a major contributor to the Bears, along with the year of their induction.

Retired numbers[edit]

The Bears have retired fourteen uniform numbers, which is the most in the NFL, and ranks fourth behind the NBA’s Boston Celtics (21), MLB’s New York Yankees (20), and NHL’s Montreal Canadiens (15) for the most in the four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.

Top 100 greatest Bears of all-time[edit]

In honor of the team centennial anniversary, on May 20, 2019, the Chicago Bears have unveiled the Top 100 players in franchise history, as voted on by Hall of Fame writers Don Pierson and Dan Pompei, two of the most famous journalists that have ever covered the club in their long history.^[32] At the time of the publish, the list included 27 Pro Football Hall of Famers, while two more inductees would join in the 2020 class (Jim Covert and Ed Sprinkle).

Among the 100 Greatest, four active players made the list, including safety Eddie Jackson (96), defensive lineman Akiem Hicks (75), offensive lineman Kyle Long (74) and highest-ranked active Bear was Khalil Mack (60), who played only one season with the team. Long would retire the following year.

On later date, Chicagobears.com released a list titled “Top 10: Best of the rest”, that featured the top 10 snubs from the centennial list. The players include (in a following order): Alex Brown, Thomas Jones, Dave Whitsell, Curtis Conway, Tim Jennings, Leslie Frazier, Roberto Garza, Marty Booker, Nathan Vasher and William Perry.^[33]

^{𝙝𝙤𝙛:} Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee.
^𝐟: Pro Football Hall of Fame finalist.

All-Time Team[edit]

During the week of June 3, 2019 the All-Time Team was announced in parts each day starting with the All-Time defensive players,^[34] followed by the All-Time specialists^[35] and then the All-Time offensive players.^[36]

Larry Mayer of the Chicagobears.com would later state, that according to the voters “if they had included a long-snapper on the team it would have been Patrick Mannelly”.^[37]

Offense[edit]

Defense[edit]

Special teams[edit]

Starting quarterbacks[edit]

References[edit]