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George Halas: Bears architect still going strong at 82 - Sports Illustrated Vault
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Best NFL nicknames: 101 greatest monikers in football history
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Hugh L. Ray
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Super Bowl: What NFL isn't commemorating: 12-year ban on black players
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Matt Nagy proud that Bears players addressed uniform controversy in video - Chicago Sun-Times
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The Bears will wear uniforms Sunday from a time when black players were banned from the NFL. They addressed that history this week.
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NFL's Depression-era ban on Black players lingers on in the owner's box - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun
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A REMEMBRANCE OF GEORGE HALAS & THE ROLE HE PLAYED IN THE SUCCESS OF THE NFL
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Chicago Bears founder George Halas played a part in everything for NFL - Chicago Sun-Times