Rudy Bukich:The backup quarterback in 1963, Bukich played nine years for the Bears over two stints.He became the starter in 1965 and 1966, and was All Pro in ’65. He had a 14-year career ...

Doug Atkins: At 6 feet 8, 275 pounds, Atkins was one of the greatest players in Bears history and one of the defensive ends who changed the pro game. He went to eight Pro Bowls and was inducted ...

Coach Halas always told me he felt the club's 1963 opening day win over the Packers was the Bears' greatest team effort. I have to disagree. The 26-7 win in the rematch is as real to me today as ...

Bears 1963 backup QB Rudy Bukich. Click for photos from the 1963 championship season: The genius of Gale Sayers. The Kansas Comet put on the most bedazzling individual football show I've ever seen, ...

Wade helped the Bears to the 1963 championship, scoring both touchdowns on quarterback sneaks in a 14-10 victory over the Giants on an unbearably cold […] Skip to content. All Sections.

The Bears’ 1963 NFL championship team was known for it’s dominant, league-leading defense — led by future Hall of Famers Bill George and Doug Atkins — that allowed 10.3 points per game.

Former Bears defensive tackle John Johnson, who died at 83 on Feb. 20, was a backup for most of his seven-year NFL career but retired in 1969 with an enviable résumé.. As a rookie, he played on ...

The Bears beat the Packers 26-7 on Willie "The Wisp" Galimore's 27-yard touchdown run, and took a half-game lead on the Packers with two games to go. "Everybody knew what the Packers did.

A member of the Chicago Bears' 1963 NFL championship team has died. Joe Fortunato, a linebacker who played on a defense that included Pro Football Hall of Famers Doug Atkins and Bill George, was 87.

In 1963, the Bears finished the season with an 11-1-2 record en route to beating the New York football Giants for the NFL championship, but it was that one tie game that is forever etched in the ...

NFL Network's Charley Casserly compares the Chicago Bears 2018 season to the 1963 Chicago Bears season. Skip to main content. Advertising. One stat that puts 2018 Bears on par with 1963 Bears ...