George Halas was 25 when he created the National Football League. He was 70 when he won his final Coach of the Year award. What he did between those landmarks in 1920 and 1965 is well documented.

George “Papa Bear” Halas — the founder of the Chicago Bears and a co-founder of what became the National Football League — spoke at length to WBBM Newsradio. During the conversation ...

George Halas, purchased the franchise in 1920 and participated in the meeting which founded the American Professional Football Association (later renamed to the National Football League).

It's the only appropriate word to describe how the moment felt to Bears chairman George H. McCaskey and his ... the birth of the American Professional Football Association, later renamed the National ...

The Life and Legacy of George Halas,” Jeff Davis wrote: “Mrs. Trafton not only saved the Bears for Halas but also just may have saved the National Football League. Had Halas failed ...