* In both versions of the movie Bad News Bears, coach Buttermaker makes use of several unorthodox tactics during the season final.

The merged team would be based in Brisbane, and Bears coach John Northey would become coach of the merged club.

In addition to the " Super Bowl Shuffle " rap song, the Bears ' success in the 1980s – and especially the personality of head coach Mike Ditka – inspired a recurring sketch on the American sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live, called " Bill Swerski's Superfans ".

Ditka is the closest Bears coach to Halas, with 112 career victories.

No other Bears coach has recorded over 100 victories with the team.

* David Fairleigh – Former Rugby League forward, 1994 Rothman's Medal winner, NSW & Australian representative player, North Sydney Bears " Team Of The Century " second-rower, current coach of the Central Coast Bears

* Rodney Eade – Australian Rules Footballer who played 259 games for Hawthorn and the Bears, was head coach of the Western Bulldogs until Round 21, 2011

After the end of the 1996 season, ironically as Diliberto had suggested before Mora's resignation, former Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka was hired to replace Mora.

Under head coach Mike Ditka, who won the 1985 NFL Coach of the Year Award, the Bears went 15-1 in the regular season, becoming the second NFL team to win 15 regular season games, while outscoring their opponents with a staggering margin of 456-198.

But after Bears defensive coach Buddy Ryan told the press that the team " wasted " their first round draft pick on him, Perry lost some weight and ended being an effective defensive tackle.

The coin toss ceremony featured Pro Football Hall of Famer and longtime Chicago Bears owner / head coach George Halas.

Brent Musburger hosted all the events with help from his then-fellow cast members of The NFL Today Irv Cross, Dick Butkus and Will McDonough, then-CBS Sports analysts Terry Bradshaw, Ken Stabler and Dan Fouts, and then-Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka.

A change of pace about misfits on a Little League baseball team turned out to be a solid hit in 1976 when Matthau starred as coach Morris Buttermaker in the comedy The Bad News Bears

Florida head coach Jack Pardee bolted back to the NFL to take over the Chicago Bears.

Home-grown talent, like quarterbacks Tony Adams and Danny White, quickly bolted for the NFL, with Adams landing with the Kansas City Chiefs and White with the Dallas Cowboys, and Florida head coach Jack Pardee got star Blazers ' tight end Greg Latta to jump ship with him to the NFL's Bears.

He scored a touchdown in the Bears ' championship victory against the Washington Redskins, served one season as backfield coach for UCLA in 1944, and finally returned to wrestling until his retirement in 1960.

Bears head coach Mike Ditka stated the inspiration for using Perry as a fullback was during five-yard sprints.

The school football team won the AAA state championship in 1983 and the AAAAA state championship in 2000 under head coach Mike Malham, who was a draft pick for the Chicago Bears in 1976.

Ron Rivera, currently coach of the NFL's Carolina Panthers and former linebacker for the Chicago Bears, was a 1980 graduate of Seaside High School.

More than two hundred male and female Morgan State athletes have been inducted into the Morgan State University Hall of Fame including National Football League Hall of Famers Rosey Brown, Leroy Kelly and Willie Lanier, two-time Olympic Gold medalist George Rhoden, and the coach of the legendary Ten Bears lacrosse team Howard " Chip " Silverman.

* Heartley Anderson, former player and head coach for the Chicago Bears

Chuck Drulis was an all-pro lineman for the Chicago Bears and went on to coach in the NFL after his plaing career.

Hermleigh is the hometown of former head coach of the Baylor Bears football program, Grant Teaff.

* Mike Ditka Coach 1997 – 1999 ( inducted for playing career with Chicago Bears and other teams, 1961 – 72 )

One irony in the Bears victory was that Payton had a relatively poor performance running the ball and never scored a touchdown in Super Bowl XX, his first and only Super Bowl appearance during his Hall of Fame career ( Many people including Mike Ditka have claimed that the reason for this due to the fact that the Patriots defensive scheme was centered around stopping Walter Payton ).

* Mike Phipps NFL Quarterback for the Cleveland Browns and Chicago Bears 1970-81 and member of the College Football Hall of Fame

Beginning in 2008, a number of Berenstain Bears titles of a specifically religious nature have been released by Mike Berenstain.

Many celebrities and athletes were in attendance, including Sammy Sosa and former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka.

While there are some claims that Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka had been dunked a year earlier, NFL Films president Steve Sabol has stated that he can find no evidence to support it in any footage he has reviewed and that he believes the tradition started with Parcells and Jim Burt.

Former Chicago Bears coach and player Mike Ditka is a co-owner of the team.

* The Rush's official mascot is a construction worker named Grabowski, a reference to Chicago's blue collar background, which was coined by Mike Ditka in January 1986 to describe the difference between his Chicago Bears and the Los Angeles Rams.

Mike Leach, coach of the Bears in 1989, is currently head coach of the Washington State Cougars of the NCAA.

Other prominent American backers include former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski, and NFL linebacker Brandon Chillar.

Mike Pearse has also included other Beano faces in his strips such as Dennis the Menace, Bea and The Three Bears.

* 2007: Lions, Tigers and Bears by Mike Bullock and Jack Lawrence

During his AFL playing career, which was played entirely at Brisbane for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions, he was recognised as one of the greats of league and club and is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan's as one of the top 50 players of all time.

Other prominent American backers include former Chicago Bears head coach Mike Ditka, former Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Michael Irvin, and NFL linebacker Brandon Chillar.

Allen was also given responsibility for the Bears ' college player drafts ; most likely his best-remembered choices were three players who won election the to the NFL Hall of Fame and became household names in American sport — end Mike Ditka ( chosen in 1961 ), halfback Gale Sayers and middle linebacker Dick Butkus ( 1965 ).

Two weeks later, Urlacher helped set up a Bears comeback victory against the San Francisco 49ers by intercepting a pass, and later setting up a game winning touchdown return for Mike Brown, after causing 49ers wide receiver Terrell Owens to lose control of a pass.

An intense player, Mike finished as the Bears ' first or second leading tackler each of his last 11 seasons.

Venturi was replaced by veteran Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka.