George Halas

Games played:	104
Touchdowns:	10
	Stats at Pro Football Reference

George Halas
George Halas
	Halas in 1982
Born	George Stanley Halas Sr.; February 2, 1895; Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	October 31, 1983 (aged 88); Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
	American football career
	Halas with the Chicago Bears in 1922
No. 7
Position:	End
Personal information
Height:	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:	182 lb (83 kg)
Career information
High school:	Crane (Chicago, IL)
College:	Illinois (1914–1917); Great Lakes Navy (1918)
Career history
As a player:
	Hammond All-Stars (1919); Decatur / Chicago Staleys / Bears (1920–1929); Chicago Stayms (1920);
As a coach:
	Decatur / Chicago Staleys / Bears (1920–1929, 1933–1942, 1946–1955, 1958–1967); Head coach;
As a staff member / executive:
	Decatur / Chicago Staleys / Bears (1921–1983); Owner; Newark Bears / Bombers (1939–1941); Owner; Akron Bears (1946); Owner;
	Executive profile at Pro Football Reference
	Executive profile at Pro Football Reference
Career highlights and awards
	8× NFL champion (1921, 1932, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1963); 2× AP NFL Coach of the Year (1963, 1965); NFL 1920s All-Decade Team; NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team; Sporting News 1940s All-Decade Team; Second-team All-Pro (1920); Chicago Bears No. 7 retired; 100 greatest Bears of All-Time; Second-team All-Service (1918);
Career NFL statistics
Games played:
Games played:	104
Touchdowns:	10
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
Head coaching record
Regular season:	318–148–31 (.671)
Postseason:	6–3 (.667)
Career:	324–151–31 (.671)
	Coaching profile at Pro Football Reference
	Pro Football Hall of Fame
	Baseball career
	Halas with the New York Yankees in 1918
	Right fielder
	Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 6, 1919, for the New York Yankees
Last appearance
	July 5, 1919, for the New York Yankees
MLB statistics ; (through 1919)
Batting average	.091
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	0
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	New York Yankees (1919);
	Last updated on: February 27, 2025
Military career
Allegiance	United States
Branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1918, 1942–1946
Rank	Captain
Unit	Seventh Fleet
Battles / wars	World War I; World War II
Awards	Bronze Star

George Stanley Halas Sr. (February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear", was an American professional football end, coach, and executive. He was the founder and owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), and served as his own head coach on four occasions. He was also lesser-known as a player for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He is the namesake for the NFC Championship trophy.

Halas was one of the co-founders of the American Professional Football Association (now the NFL) in 1920, and in 1963 became one of the first 17 inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Halas was the oldest person in NFL history to serve as a head coach, aged 72 years and 318 days when he coached the final game of his career in December 1967, a record that stood for over 50 years until Romeo Crennel became the interim head coach of the Houston Texans in October 2020, aged 73 years and 115 days.