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}} George Stanley Halas, Sr. (; February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was a player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional American football. He was the iconic founder and owner of the National Football League's Chicago Bears. He was also lesser known as an inventor, jurist, producer, philanthropist, philatelist, and Major League Baseball player. Most notably, he is considered one of the original co-founders of the National Football League (NFL) in 1922. ==Early life and sports career== Halas was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a family of Czech-Bohemian immigrants.〔Davis, Jeff, ''Papa Bear'', (McGraw-Hill Co., 2005), 32.〕〔''Encyclopedia of ethnicity and sports in the United States'', Ed. George B. Kirsch,Othello Harris and Claire Elaine Nolte, (Greenwood Publishing, 2000), 164.〕〔Elliott J. Gorn, ''Sports in Chicago'', (University of Illinois Press, 2008), 7.〕 His parents were Slavic migrants from Pilsen, Bohemia, part of what would later become Czechoslovakia.〔Gloria Cooksey, (George Halas: An entry from Gale's Notable Sports Figures 2004. )〕 George had a varied career in sports. In 1915, Halas worked temporarily for Western Electric, and was planning on being on the ''SS Eastland''. He was running late, however, as he was attempting to gain weight to play Big Ten football and missed the capsizing. After graduating from Crane High School in Chicago, he attended the University of Illinois, playing football for coach Bob Zuppke, as well as baseball and basketball, and earning a degree in civil engineering. He also became a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. He helped Illinois win the 1918 Big Ten Conference football title. Serving as an ensign in the Navy during World War I, he played for a team at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station,〔 and was named the MVP of the 1919 Rose Bowl. On a team which included Paddy Driscoll and Jimmy Conzelman, Halas scored a receiving touchdown and returned an intercepted pass 77 yards in a 17–0 win over the Mare Island Marines of California; the team was also rewarded with their military discharges. Afterward, Halas played minor league baseball, eventually earning a promotion to the New York Yankees, where he played 12 games as an outfielder in 1919.〔 However, a hip injury effectively ended his baseball career. The popular myth was that Halas was succeeded as the Yankees' right fielder by Babe Ruth, but in reality, Sammy Vick was replaced by Ruth. Later that year, Halas played for the Hammond Pros and received about $75 per game.〔U.S. House III, 1957, p. 2714.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Halas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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