Championships Missed: The Lost Years, Pt.1 - New Frontpage Article

**BigClaws** · 01-12-2011, 11:08 AM

You can view the front page article by going to the homepage, or by going to http://www.dabears.com/content.php?5...ost-Years-Pt.1

**BearStuff** · 01-12-2011, 02:58 PM

Nice job, though I wouldn't go so far as to say that Halas "invented" professional football. He was there, and a big part of it, but he wasn't solely responsible. He was, however, the only "inventor" to stick around for any period of time. Halas was a heck of a halfback on the original team. Can you imagine being player, coach and owner?

**BigClaws** · 01-12-2011, 03:01 PM

I don't like to toot my own horn in public, but I invented football.

Seriously though, I love the history of this team. It's the most storied franchise in the history of the game and win or lose, it makes me proud to be a Bear fan.

Good job, Dagan.

**Dagan81** · 01-12-2011, 03:50 PM

Thanks, guys. Halas was certainly a co-founder of the game of pro football, and thus should be credited as such, even if he didn't "solely" build the league up all by himself. I probably should have clarified that in my piece, BearStuff, so I hope that it doesn't ruin the credibility of it.