Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football (45 page)

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About Last Night …

Aikman, Troy

Ali, Muhammad

Aliquippa, Pa.

Allen, George

Alzado, Lyle

Anderson, Neal

Armstrong, Neill

Aschman, Carl

Atkins, Doug

Automatic Front Coverage (AFC)

Avellini, Bob; Ditka and; on Halas; Luckman and

Bachman, Charlie

Baker, Frank

Baschnagel, Brian; on Ditka; on McMahon; on Plank; White House visit and

Baugh, Sammy

Bazer, Mark

Becker, Kurt; end of football career; on McMahon

Bednarik, Chuck

Belichick, Bill

Bell, Bert

Bell, Todd

Biletnikoff, Fred

Bird, Larry

Blacklock, Hugh

Blaik, Red

Blood, Johnny

Blood, Sweat, and Chalk
(Layden)

Bob Hope Christmas Special, The

Bodie, Ping

Bortz, Mark

Boys of Summer, The
(Kahn)

Bradshaw, Terry

Brain Bank

brain injuries

Brian’s Song

Brock, Dieter

Brown, Jim

Brumbaugh, Carl

Buckner, Bill

Buffone, Doug

Butkus, Dick

Butler, Kevin

Byrne, Jane

Calling the Shots
(Singletary)

Camp, Walter

Campbell, Earl

Caray, Harry

Carimi, Gabe

Carr, Joe

Carter, Jimmy

Cashion, Red

Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (Brain Bank)

Challenger, see
space shuttle
Challenger

Chamberlin, George

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Chicago, Ill.; crime in; superrats in

Chicago Bears; assembly of 1985 team members; Decatur Staleys become; 46 defense used by; “Monsters of the Midway” nickname of; NFC Championship Trophy won by; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” of; Super Bowl win of; T-formation used by; typical alignment of; White House visit of

Chicago Cubs

Chicago Daily News

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Tribune

Chicago White Sox

chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

Cicotte, Eddie

Clinton, Bill

Cobb, Ty

Collinsworth, Cris

Concannon, Jack

Conzelman, Jimmy

Coryell, Don

Cosell, Howard

Coslet, Bruce

Costas, Bob

Covert, Jimbo

Cozza, Carm

Csonka, Larry

Cutler, Jay

Dahl, Steve

Daley, Arthur

Daley, Richard J.

Daley, Richard M.

Dallas Cowboys; vs. Bears; Ditka as player with

Davis, Al

Davis, Jeff

Davis, Jody

Death of a Salesman
(Miller)

Decatur Staleys; become Chicago Bears; Halas as player with

Delsohn, Steve

Dent, Richard; Richardson and; in Super Bowl; in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”; White House visit and

Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears

Dickerson, Eric

Diddley, Bo

Ditka, Mike; appearance of; Avellini and; Baschnagel and; clothes of; cologne of; commercials of; as Dallas Cowboys player; on defense; Dolphins game and; drunk driving arrest of; early life of; “Ferguson Hit” and; firing of; Flutie and; Gault and; hair of; Halas and; heart attack of; hired as Bears coach; Landry and; Los Angeles game and; McMahon and; on Payton; at Payton memorial; on Perry; as Philadelphia Eagles player; postgame press conferences of; on Pyle; Richardson and; on rules and injuries; Ryan and; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; team assembled by; temper of; White House visit and

Dooley, Jim

Dressen, Chuck

Driscoll, Paddy

drugs

Duerson, Dave; brain injury of; suicide of

Durham, Leon

Eason, Tony

Eisenhower, Dwight D.

Elway, John

Enberg, Dick

Ewbank, Weeb

Favre, Brett

Fencik, Gary (“the Hit Man”); college experience of; end of football career; “Ferguson Hit” and; on Halas; on McMahon; as Miami Dolphins player; Plank and; post-football life of; Ryan and; size of; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and

Ferguson, Joe; Marshall’s collision with

Finks, Jim

Fisher, Jeff; on Ryan

Flutie, Doug

Foley, Steve

football; brain injuries from; changes in game; college; factory town teams; professional, beginnings of; World War II and

46 defense; spread offense and

Fouts, Dan

Frazier, Leslie

free substitution

Friedman, Benny

Fuller, Steve; in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”

Gacy, John Wayne

Galimore, Willie

Gault, Willie; Bears left by; Hollywood career of; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

Gayle, Shaun; post-football life of

Gehrig, Lou

Gent, Peter

George, Bill

Giangreco, Mark

Gifford, Frank

“Go Cubs Go!”

Goodell, Roger

Goodman, Steve

Grange, Red

Green Bay Packers

Griese, Bob

Grogan, Steve

Guy, Ray

Halas, George; appearance of; as baseball player; as Bears owner; Butkus and; cancer of; becomes coach; at Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Cobb and; in college; death of; Ditka and; Ditka hired as coach by; early life of; “eye in the sky” employed by; as football player; funeral of; game film used by; hip problems of; Luckman and; McCaskey and; McMahon and; mentoring of; in navy; retirement as coach; Sayers and; side businesses of; Super Bowl and; T-formation of; Thorpe and; wealth of

Halas, George, Jr. (“Mugs”); death of

Halas, Wilhelmina “Min”

Halas by Halas
(Halas)

Halas Hall

Hampton, Dan (“Danimal”); end of football career; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

Harbaugh, Jim

Harper, Roland

Harris, Al

Hartenstein, Mike

Hartigan, Neil

Hay, Ralph

Hayes, Woody

Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis
(Nowinski)

Heffelfinger, William

Hilgenberg, Jay

Hipple, Eric

Hogeboom, Gary

Holmgren, Mike

Homer

Huff, Gary

Huggins, Miller

Hughes, Ed

Hunt, Lamar

Iliad
(Homer)

In Life, First You Kick Ass
(Ditka and Telander)

Jackson, Noah

Jaworski, Ron; on 46 defense

Jiggetts, Dan

Jim Thorpe—All American

Johnson, Billy

Johnson, Walter

Johnsos, Luke

Jones, Ed

Jones, Homer

Jones, Ralph

Jones, Stan

Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

Jordan, Michael

Kahn, Roger

Kennedy, John F.

Keys, Tyrone

Kilmer, Billy

Kingman, Dave

Lambeau, Curly

Landeta, Sean

Landry, Tom; Ditka and

Layden, Tim

Leclerc, Roger

Lederer, Matt

LeMay, Curtis

“Let’s Ram It”

Lewis, Duffy

Life on the Mississippi
(Twain)

Lingo, Walter

Lisch, Rusty

Little, Lou

“Living the American Dream”

Lombardi, Vince

Long, Howie

Los Angeles Raiders

Los Angeles Rams vs. Chicago Bears

Lowe, Rob

Luckman, Sid; Avellini and; Halas and

MacArthur, Douglas

Macon, Eddie

Madden, John

Manning, Archie

Mantle, Mickey

Mara, Tim

Mara, Wellington

Maraniss, David

Marino, Dan

Marquard, Rube

Marshall, Brandon

Marshall, George Preston

Marshall, Wilber; Bears left by; Ferguson’s collision with; in Super Bowl; White House visit and

Martin, Charles

“Masters of the Gridiron”

Mathewson, Christy

Mays, Carl

McAfee, George

McCaskey, Brian

McCaskey, Ed; Virginia’s marriage to

McCaskey, George

McCaskey, Michael; Ditka fired by; McMahon and; Shiriashi and; Singletary and; Super Bowl and

McCaskey, Patrick

McCaskey, Tim

McCaskey, Virginia Halas; marriage of; Plasman and

McGinnity, Joe

McIntyre, Guy

McKee, Ann

McKinnon, Dennis

McMahon, Jim; Baschnagel on; Becker and; at Brigham Young; at his children’s sports games; Ditka and; drugs and; drunk driving arrest of; on Duerson; early life of; eye injury of; Flutie and; Halas and; headbands worn by; injuries of; leadership of; in Los Angeles game; Martin and; McCaskey and; Namath and; New Orleans DJ and; on Payton; in retirement; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; trading of; in Vikings game; White House visit and

McMahon! The Bare Truth About Chicago’s Brashest Bear
(McMahon)

McMichael, Steve; Bears left by; end of football career; McCaskey and; on McMahon; on Plank; post-football life of; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

McRae, Jamie

Meyer, Dick

Miami Dolphins: vs. Bears; Fencik as player with

Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears

Modern “T” Formation with Man-in-Motion, The
(Shaughnessy, Jones, and Halas)

Monday, Rick

Montana, Joe

Moore, Nat

Moorehead, Emery; end of football career; on McMahon; post-football life of

Morris, Joe

Morris, Mercury

Morrissey, Jim; on Ryan

Murray, Bill

Nagurski, Bronko

Namath, Joe; McMahon and

National Football League (NFL): early years of; founding of; free substitution and; 1963 Championship

Navon, Laurie

Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton
(Payton and Yaeger)

New England Patriots; in Super Bowl

Newman, Paul

New York Giants vs. Chicago Bears

New York Times

New York Yankees; Halas as player with

NFC Championship Trophy

nickel defense

Nitschke, Ray

Nixon, Richard

Noll, Chuck

North Dallas Forty
(Gent)

North Dallas Forty
(movie)

North Shore Screen Doors

Nowinski, Chris

Obama, Barack

O’Brien, Morgan

O’Doul, Lefty

Oorang Indians

Osmanski, Bill

Owens, Terrell

Page, Alan

Papa Bear
(Davis)

Parcells, Bill

Pardee, Jack

Parrish, Bernie

Paterno, Joe; Plank and

Patton, George

Payton, Eddie

Payton, Jarrett

Payton, Walter; candy obsession of; death of; liver disease of; post-football life of; Singletary and; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; workouts of

Pearlman, Jeff

Pellington, Bill

Perry, William “Refrigerator”; on
Bob Hope Christmas Special
; in Super Bowl; White House visit and

Philadelphia Eagles: Ditka as player with; Ryan leaves Bears to coach

Phillips, Reggie

Phillips, Ted

Piccolo, Brian

Piersall, Jimmy

Pipp, Wally

Pittsburgh Steelers; vs. Bears

Plank, Doug; Automatic Front Coverage and; Burger King franchises of; on Ditka; on Ditka/Ryan situation; end of football career; Fencik and; 46 defense and; on Halas; on Marino; on McMahon; Paterno and; Payton and; post-football life of; on Ryan; on three kinds of coaches

Plasman, Dick

Pro Football Hall of Fame

Pyle, Mike

quarterbacks; injuries and

racism

Reel Fishing

Reeves, Dan

Reuter, Rhoni

Rice, Grantland

Richard, Rocket

Richardson, Mike; post-football life of

Rivera, Ron

Robeson, Paul

Rockne, Knute

Roethlisberger, Ben

Roland, Johnny

Rooney, Art

Royko, Mike

Rozelle, Pete; McMahon and

Rush, Bobby

Ruth, Babe

Rutigliano, Sam

Ryan, Buddy; in army; Automatic Front Coverage used by; Ditka and; early life of; 46 defense used by; leaves Bears; as New York Jets coach; retirement of; White House visit and

Ryan, Rex

Ryan, Rob

Sandburg, Carl

Sanders, Barry

San Diego Chargers: vs. Bears; McMahon traded to

San Francisco 49ers; vs. Bears

Sayers, Gale

Schramm, Tex

Schulian, John

Scott, James

Seau, Junior

Seifert, George

Septien, Rafael

Shaughnessy, Clark

Shawkey, Bob

Shiriashi, Hiroshi

Shula, Don

Shurmur, Fritz

“Silver and Black Attack”

Simms, Phil

Simpson, O. J.

Singletary, Mike; Automatic Front Coverage and; McCaskey and; Payton and; on Ryan; in Super Bowl

single-wing offense

Smith, Bill

Smith, Emmitt

Snyder, Bob

Soldier Field

space shuttle
Challenger

spiking the ball

Sporting News

Sports Illustrated

Sports Legacy Institute

spread offense

Stack, Jim

Stagg, Alonzo

Staley, A. E.

Staleys,
see
Decatur Staleys

Stanfel, Dick

Staubach, Roger

Sternaman, Dutch

Stickum

Stop-Action
(Butkus)

Stydahar, Joe

Suhey, Matt

“Super Bowl Shuffle, The”

Super Bowl XX; San Francisco game and