About Me.

Mike Alstott - From Joliet, IL

Teams

Joliet Catholic High School

Purdue University Boilermakers

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Awards

Super Bowl champion

3× First-team All-Pro 

Second-Team All-Pro 

6× Pro Bowl 

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Ring of Honor

Third-team All-American 

2× Second-team All-Big Ten 

Purdue Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame

Indiana Football Hall of Fame 

 

Ken Anderson - From Batavia, IL

Teams 

Cincinnati Bengals

Teams Coached

Cincinnati Bengals

Jacksonville Jaguars

Pittsburgh Steelers

Awards

NFL Most Valuable Player 

NFL Offensive Player of the Year 

NFL Comeback Player of the Year 

NFL Man of the Year 

First-team All-Pro 

Second-team All-Pro

4× Pro Bowl 

2× NFL passing yards leader 

3× NFL completion percentage leader 

4× NFL passer rating leader

Bert Bell Award 

Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor

Cincinnati Bengals 50th Anniversary Team

 

Darnell Autry 

Teams

Northwestern University Wildcats

Chicago Bears

Philadelphia Eagles

Awards

First-team All-American 

Second-team All-American 

2× First-team All-Big Ten 

 

George Blanda 

Teams

University of Kentucky Wildcats

Chicago Bears

Baltimore Colts

Houston Oilers

Oakland Raiders

Awards

3× AFL champion 

AFL Most Valuable Player 

NFL Man of the Year

First-team All-AFL 

2× Second-team All-AFL 

4× AFL All-Star 

2× AFL passing yards leader 

AFL passing touchdowns leader

AFL passer rating leader

AFL scoring leader

AFL All-Time Team

AP Male Athlete of the Year 

Bert Bell Award 

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Titans/Oilers Ring of Honor

 

Al Brosky 

Teams

University of Illinois

St. Louis Cardinals

Awards

College Football Hall of Famer

First-team All-American 

2× First-team All-Big Ten 

 

Dick Butkus - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Chicago Vocational High School Football

University of Illinois

Chicago Bears

Awards

2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year 

5× First-team All-Pro

3× Second-team All-Pro

8× Pro Bowl

George Halas Award 

NFL 1960s All-Decade Team

NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

SN Player of the Year 

UPI Lineman of the Year 

Unanimous All-American

Consensus All-American 

Chicago Tribune Silver Football 

2× First-team All-Big Ten 

Second-team All-Big Ten 

NFL Hall of Fame

 

George Connor - From Chicago, IL

Teams

College of the Holy Cross Crusaders

University of Notre Dame du Lac Fighting Irish

Chicago Bears

Awards

4× First-team All-Pro 

2× Second-team All-Pro

4× Pro Bowl 

NFL 1940s All-Decade Team

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

2× National champion

Outland Trophy 

2× Consensus All-American 

Second-team All-American 

 

Kirk Cousins - From Barrington, IL

Teams

Michigan State Spartans

Washington Redskins

Minnesota Vikings

Atlanta Falcons

Awards

4× Pro Bowl 

NFL completion percentage leader

Bart Starr Award

Second-team All-Big Ten 

 

Jimbo Covert 

Teams

University of Pittsburgh Panthers

Chicago Bears

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

2× First-team All-Pro 

2× Pro Bowl

PFWA All-Rookie Team 

NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Consensus All-American

Walter Camp Alumni of the Year

 

Richard Dent 

Teams

Tennessee State University Tigers

Chicago Bears

San Francisco 49ers

Indianapolis Colts

Philadelphia Eagles

Awards

2× Super Bowl champion

Super Bowl MVP

First-team All-Pro

3× Second-team All-Pro

4× Pro Bowl 

2× NFL forced fumbles leader 

NFL sacks leader 

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

 

Mike Ditka 

Teams

University of Pittsburgh Panthers

Chicago Bears

Philadelphia Eagles

Dallas Cowboys

Teams Coached

Dallas Cowboys

Chicago Bears

New Orleans Saints

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

NFL champion 

NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 

2× First-team All-Pro

3× Second-team All-Pro 

5× Pro Bowl 

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

Unanimous All-American 

2× First-team All-Eastern 

 

John Driscol - From Evanston, IL

Teams

Northwestern University Wildcats

Hammond All-Stars

Hammond Pros

Racine/Chicago Cardinals

Chicago Bears

Teams Coached

Chicago Cardinals

Marquette Hilltoppers

Chicago Bears

Awards

NFL champion 

6× First-team All-Pro 

2× Second-team All-Pro 

NFL 1920s All-Decade Team

Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Third-team All-American 

 

Bill Fischer - From Chicago, IL

Teams 

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Chicago Cardinals

Teams Coached

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Awards

3× Pro Bowl 

2× National champion 

Outland Trophy 

2× Consensus All-American

 

Jimmy Garoppolo - From Arlington Heights, IL

Teams

Rolling Meadows High School Football

Eastern Illinois University Panthers

New England Patriots

San Francisco 49ers

Las Vegas Raiders

Los Angeles Rams

Awards

2× Super Bowl champion 

Walter Payton Award 

OVC Offensive Player of the Year 

First-team All-OVC 

Second-team All-OVC 

 

Jim Grabowski - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Taft High School Football

Illinois Fighting Illini

Green Bay Packers

Chicago Bears

Awards

2× NFL champion

2× Super Bowl champion 

Sporting News Player of the Year

Consensus All-American 

First-team All-American 

Chicago Tribune Silver Football

2× First-team All-Big Ten 

Second-team All-Big Ten

 

Otto Graham - From Waukegan, IL

Teams

Northwestern University Wildcats

Cleveland Browns

Teams Coached

Coast Guard Bears

Washington Redskins

Awards

3× NFL champion 

4× AAFC champion 

3× NFL Most Valuable Player 

2× AAFC Most Valuable Player 

4× First-team All-Pro 

3× First-team All-AAFC 

2× Second-team All-Pro 

Second-team All-AAFC

5× Pro Bowl 

2× NFL passing yards leader 

NFL passing touchdowns leader 

2× NFL passer rating leader 

3× NFL completion percentage leader 

2× AAFC passing touchdowns leader

AAFC completion percentage leader

NFL 1950s All-Decade Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor

First-team All-American 

Third-team All-American 

Chicago Tribune Silver Football

First-team All-Big Ten 

2× Second-team All-Big Ten 

 

Red Grange 

Teams 

Wheaton High School Football

Illinois Fighting Illini

Chicago Bears

New York Yankees

Teams Coached

Chicago Bears

Awards

2× NFL champion 

2× First-team All-Pro 

NFL 1920s All-Decade Team

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

National champion 

Unanimous All-American 

2× Consensus All-America 

Big Ten Most Valuable Player 

3× First-team All-Big Ten 

 

George Halas - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini

Hammond All-Stars

Chicago Bears

Chicago Stayms

Teams Coached/Managed

Chicago Bears

Chicago Bruins

Newark Tornadoes

Awards

8× NFL champion 

2× AP NFL Coach of the Year

NFL 1920s All-Decade Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

Sporting News 1940s All-Decade Team

Second-team All-Pro 

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Second-team All-Service

NFL Hall of Fame 

 

Dan Hampton 

Teams

Chicago Bears

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

First-team All-Pro

4× Second-team All-Pro 

4× Pro Bowl 

NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

PFWA All-Rookie Team

George Halas Award 

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

First-team All-American

Second-team All-SWC 

 

Kevin Hardy 

Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini

Jacksonville Jaguars

Dallas Cowboys

Cincinnati Bengals

Awards

First-team All-Pro

Pro Bowl 

PFWA All-Rookie Team 

Dick Butkus Award 

Consensus All-American 

2× First-team All-Big Ten 

Freshman All-American 

 

Jim Hart - From Evanston, IL

Teams

Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Salukis

St. Louis Cardinals

Washington Redskins

Award

Second-team All-Pro 

4× Pro Bowl

UPI NFC Offensive Player of the Year 

"Whizzer" White NFL Man of the Year 

Arizona Cardinals Ring of Honor

 

Johnny Lattner - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Pittsburgh Steelers

Awards

Pro Bowl 

Heisman Trophy 

2× Maxwell Award

SN Player of the Year

Unanimous All-American 

Consensus All-American 

 

Ken Leonard 

Teams Coached

Sacred Heart-Griffin High School Football

 

Frank Lenti

Teams Coached

Mount Carmel High School Football

 

Jordan Lynch - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Mount Carmel High School Football

Northern Illinois University Huskies

Chicago Bears

Edmonton Elks

Teams Coached

Northern Illinois University Huskies

Mount Carmel High School

Awards

Grey Cup champion 

Chic Harley Award 

First-team All-American 

Second-team All-American

2× MAC Most Valuable Player

2× MAC Offensive Player of the Year 

 

Jim McMahon 

Teams

Chicago Bears 

San Diego Chargers 

Philadelphia Eagles 

Minnesota Vikings 

Arizona Cardinals 

Cleveland Browns 

Green Bay Packers 

Awards

2× Super Bowl champion 

NFC Offensive Rookie of the Year 

NFL Comeback Player of the Year 

Pro Bowl 

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Davey O'Brien Award

Sammy Baugh Trophy 

Unanimous All-American

First-team All-American

 

Steve “Mongo” McMichael 

Teams 

University of Texas Longhorns

New England Patriots

Chicago Bears

Green Bay Packers

Teams Coached

Chicago Slaughter

Awards

Super Bowl champion

2× First-team All-Pro 

3× Second-team All-Pro 

2× Pro Bowl 

PFR 1980's All-Decade Team

Top 100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Chicago Bears All-Time Team

Unanimous All-American

2× First-team All-SWC 

Second-team All-SWC 

 

Donovan McNabb - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Mount Carmel High School Football

Syracuse University Orange

Philadelphia Eagles

Washington Redskins

Minnesota Vikings

Awards

6× Pro Bowl 

Philadelphia Eagles 75th anniversary team

Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame

Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

3× Big East Offensive Player of the Year 

Big East Rookie of the Year

4× First-team All-Big East 

Syracuse Football All-Century Team

 

Bobby Mitchell 

Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini

Cleveland Browns

Washington Redskins

Awards

3× First-team All-Pro

2× Second-team All-Pro 

4× Pro Bowl

NFL receptions leader 

2× NFL receiving yards leader 

NFL receiving touchdowns co-leader

Washington Commanders 90 Greatest

Washington Commanders Ring of Fame

Cleveland Browns Ring of Honor

First-team All-Big Ten 

Second-team All-Big Ten

NFL Hall of Fame 

 

Bronko Nagurski 

Teams 

University of Minnesota Golden Gophers

Chicago Bears

Teams Coached

UCLA Bruins

Awards

3× NFL champion

4× First-team All-Pro 

NFL rushing touchdowns leader 

NFL 1930s All-Decade Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

100 Greatest Bears of All-Time

Consensus All-American 

First-team All-Big Ten 

 

Ray Nitschke - From Elmwood Park, IL

Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini

Green Bay Packers

Awards

5× NFL champion 

2× Super Bowl champion 

2× First-team All-Pro 

5× Second-team All-Pro 

Pro Bowl 

NFL 1960s All-Decade Team

NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame

Second-team All-Big Ten

NFL Hall of Fame

 

Walter Payton 

Teams

Jackson State University Tigers

Chicago Bears

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

NFL Most Valuable Player 

NFL Offensive Player of the Year

NFL Man of the Year 

5× First-team All-Pro

3× Second-team All-Pro 

9× Pro Bowl

NFL rushing yards leader 

NFL rushing touchdowns leader 

Bert Bell Award 

NFL 1970s All-Decade Team

NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

First-team Little All-American 

Second-team Little All-American

NFL Hall of Fame 

 

William “The Refrigerator” Perry 

Teams

Clemson University Tigers

Chicago Bears

Philadelphia Eagles

London Monarchs

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

National champion 

ACC Player of the Year 

Consensus All-American 

First-team All-American 

Third-team All-American 

2× First-team All-ACC

Inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame

 

Frederick (Fritz) Pollard - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Brown University Bears

Akron Pros

Union Club of Phoenixville

Milwaukee Badgers

Gilberton Cadamounts 

Hammond Pros 

Providence Steamrollers 

Akron Indians

Teams Coached

Lincoln (PA) 

Akron Pros 

Hammond Pros 

Chicago Black Hawks 

Awards

NFL champion 

First-team All-Pro

Consensus All-American

 

Hugh "Shorty" Ray 

Teams Coached

University of Illinois

NFL Technical Advisor

Awards

NFL Hall of Fame

 

Tony Romo 

Teams

Eastern Illinois University Panthers

Dallas Cowboys

Awards

Second-team All-Pro 

4× Pro Bowl 

NFL passer rating leader

NFL completion percentage leader

Walter Payton Award 

First-team I-AA All-American 

Third-team I-AA All-American 

3× OVC Player of the Year 

3× First-team All-OVC

 

Simeon Rice - From Chicago, IL

Teams

Illinois Fighting Illini

Arizona Cardinals

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Denver Broncos

Indianapolis Colts

New York Sentinels

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 

First-team All-Pro 

2× Second-team All-Pro

3× Pro Bowl 

NFL forced fumbles co-leader 

PFWA All-Rookie Team 

Jack Lambert Trophy 

2× First-team All-American

Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year 

Co-Big Ten Freshman of the Year 

3× First-team All-Big Ten 

Second-team All-Big Ten 

 

Knute Rockne 

Teams 

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Arkon Indians

Fort Wayne Friars

Massillon Tigers

Teams Coached

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Awards

Second-Team All-American

2x First-Team All-Western

 

Gayle Sayers

Teams

Chicago Bears

Awards

NFL Comeback Player of the Year 

NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year 

5× First-team All-Pro 

4× Pro Bowl 

2× NFL rushing yards leader

NFL scoring leader 

George Halas Award

NFL 1960s All-Decade Team

NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

2× Consensus All-American 

3× All-Big Eight

NFL Hall of Fame

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Mike Singletary 

Teams 

Chicago Bears

Teams Coached

Baltimore Ravens

San Francisco 49ers

Minnesota Vikings

Los Angeles Rams

Trinity Christian 

Memphis Express

TSL Generals 

Awards

Super Bowl champion 

2× NFL Defensive Player of the Year 

NFL Man of the Year 

7× First-team All-Pro 

Second-team All-Pro 

10× Pro Bowl 

NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

Bart Starr Award 

PFWA All-Rookie Team 

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

Unanimous All-American 

Consensus All-American 

2× Davey O'Brien Memorial Trophy 

2× SWC Player of the Year 

3× First-team All-SWC

NFL Hall of Fame

 

Scott Studwell

Teams 

Illinois Fighting Illini

Minnesota Vikings

Awards

2× Pro Bowl 

Minnesota Vikings Ring of Honor

50 Greatest Vikings

Minnesota Vikings 25th Anniversary Team

Minnesota Vikings 40th Anniversary Team

Minnesota Vikings All-Mall of America Field Team

Third-team All-American 

First-team All-Big Ten

Second-team All-Big Ten 

 

Brian Urlacher 

Teams

Chicago Bears

Awards

NFL Defensive Player of the Year 

NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year

4× First-team All-Pro 

Second-team All-Pro

8× Pro Bowl

NFL solo tackles leader 

NFL 2000s All-Decade Team

PFWA All-Rookie Team 

100 greatest Bears of All-Time

Consensus All-American

 

Kellen Winslow - From East St. Louis, IL

Teams

San Diego Chargers

Awards

3× First-team All-Pro 

Second-team All-Pro 

5× Pro Bowl 

2× NFL receptions leader 

NFL 1980s All-Decade Team

NFL 75th Anniversary All-Time Team

NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team

Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame

Consensus All-American 

 

Rick Zinanni 

Teams Coached

Bishop McNamara Catholic High School