In the late 1930s, Halas — with University of Chicago coach Clark Shaughnessy — perfected the T-formation system to create a revolutionary and overwhelming style of play which drove the Bears to an astonishing 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game.

Allen's thoroughness and attention to detail so impressed Halas that he eventually earned a full-time position on the coaching staff, and during the latter stages of the 1962 season Allen was given the responsibility of what is now known as " defensive coordinator ," replacing veteran Clark Shaughnessy.

Halas and Shaughnessy had created a revolutionary concept with the T-formation offense.

Perfecting Halas ' complex offensive scheme of fakes, men in motion, and quick hitting runs, Luckman added the dimension of accurate downfield throwing.

This led the authors of the time to focus on public matters and spirituality ; Catholicism gained in importance ( Kalista, Karel Schulz, Halas, Vančura, Durych ).

As a result of the war, all forms of literature turned even more toward tradition and history: poetry became more subdued, and greater emphasis was laid upon language as an expression of national identity ( Hora, Halas, Seifert, Nezval ), and on spirituality and religious values ( Hrubín, Závada, Zahradníček, Holan ).

The show was based on original artwork by British illustrator Nick Price, original scripts and ideas by Jeffrey O ' Kelly, and television scripts for each episode by Richard Carpenter and John Halas.

The team wound up playing one of its final two " home " games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, where the franchise's only win occurred — over the Chicago Bears of George Halas, in front of an estimated 3, 000 fans on Thanksgiving Day.

However Halas declared that the title was Chicago's, basing his claim on his belief that the second game of the Buffalo-Chicago series mattered more than the first.

After he missed the Olympics cut, Berwanger and Bears ' owner George Halas were unable to reach an agreement on salary ; Berwanger was requesting $ 15, 000 and Halas ' final offer was $ 13, 500.

Halas went to work on convincing him otherwise.

In 1915, Halas worked temporarily for Western Electric and was planning on being on the Eastland.

He served as a company sales representative, an outfielder on the company-sponsored baseball team, and the player-coach of the company-sponsored football team, Halas selected his alma mater's colors — orange and navy blue — for the team's uniforms.

Halas moved the team to Chicago and took on teammate Dutch Sternaman as a partner.

Halas not only coached the team, but also played end ( wide receiver on offense, defensive end on defense ) but also handled ticket sales and the business of running the club.

The Bills were arguably a better choice for entry into the NFL ; they were in a more isolated market, had stronger attendance and performed better on the field, but league owners ( namely George Halas and Dan Reeves ) blocked the Bills ' entry into the NFL.

In 1964, he joined the Halas and Batchelor animation studio in West London where he worked on animated series such as The Beatles and The Lone Ranger.

Halas rebutted that the second game was played on December 4 ( well before teams in Illinois typically stopped playing games in those days ), and the Staleys played two more games against top opponents, the Canton Bulldogs and Chicago Cardinals after the second Buffalo game ( though, at the time of the Buffalo-Chicago matchup, Chicago had played three fewer games than Buffalo ).

Hearing of Sid Luckman's exploits as a single-wing tailback at Columbia University, Chicago Bears owner and coach George Halas believed Luckman had the ability to become an effective T-formation quarterback, and traveled to New York to watch him play.

The leaders of the NFL, including George Halas, informed the Green Bay club owners that they needed to improve their stadium facilities, or else the Packers would be moved to Milwaukee, or elsewhere, permanently.

The popular myth was that Halas was succeeded as the Yankees ' right fielder by Babe Ruth, but in reality it was Sammy Vick who was replaced by Ruth.

He became a frequent scorer in goal line situations, after the dying Halas instructed Ditka to make the quarterback sneak a bigger part of the Bears ' offense.

Looking for a quarterback to run his new offense, Halas was particularly impressed with Sid Luckman, a passing star at Columbia University.

Although Luckman was a single wing tailback, Halas felt he was the perfect quarterback for this offense.

The Chicago Staleys ( to be renamed the Chicago Bears after the end of the season ), led by wide receiver George Halas, and the Buffalo All-Americans, led by quarterback Tommy Hughitt, were the two top teams in the league ; each playing all of their games at home, Buffalo and Chicago amassed 6 – 0 records in league play.

The team headquarters, Halas Hall, is in the Chicago suburb of Lake Forest, Illinois.

Halas holds the team record for coaching the most seasons with 40 and for having the most career victories of 324.

Halas ' victories record stood until Don Shula surpassed Halas in.

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

* 1895 – George Halas, American NFL co-founder ( d. 1983 )

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

The pregame festivities, which paid tribute to George Halas, featured the University of Florida Fightin ' Gator Marching Band and the Florida State University Marching Chiefs.

After a moment of silence for Halas, Singer Barry Manilow performed the national anthem.

* February 2 – George Halas, American football player, coach, and co-founder of the National Football League ( d. 1983 )

Changes were apparent first in poetry: the new generation of poets ( Bohuslav Reynek, Vilém Závada, František Halas, Vladimír Holan, Jan Zahradníček ) began as poetists, but their work is much darker, full of images of death and fear.

The animation was done at the Halas and Batchelor Studios in London and Stroud.

They appeared in the 1919 Tournament East-West football game again, one year later, losing by a 17-0 score to a Great Lakes Naval Station team that included future football legends George Halas, Paddy Driscoll and Jimmy Conzelman.

He shares the distinction with rival George Halas of the Chicago Bears of coaching his team to the most NFL championships, with six.

Ditka was unimpressed, as was Bears owner and founder George Halas.

With John Heisman, Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pop Warner, Fielding H. Yost, and George Halas, Camp was one of the most accomplished persons in the early history of American football.

" Halas had been so certain that the Bears would overpower the lowly Texans that he started his second-stringers.

Meanwhile, George Halas and the Chicago Staleys, manage to capture second place in the AFPA in 1921, with their only loss of the season against Buffalo.

The team did not return after World War II ; instead, George Halas took what was left of the team and split it into the Newark Bombers and the Akron Bears.

More plausible is a theory that George Halas wanted to move the Decatur Staleys to Chicago but because they already had the Tigers and the Cardinals, he would have had a very difficult time moving into a city with two teams in the league.