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Staley needed the lake to supply of 19 million gallons of water a day. Staley threatened to close his plant and move it to Peoria, Illinois if the Decatur City Council refused to allow the construction of the artificial lake. The City Council allowed the company to go forward with the project, and construction began in 1922.
Decatur Staleys, 1920. The team was owned by the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company, for which Staley Field was the company athletic field. [1] Staley Field was also used by the company baseball team during the summer months, and Halas also played on that team. The field was also used by the Decatur entry in the Three-I League in 1915 and 1922 ...
The 1919 Decatur Staleys season was the first in the team's long existence, later becoming known as the Chicago Bears.It was also the only season in which the Staleys/Bears were an amateur team, not a member of the National Football League or managed by George Halas.
The Decatur Staleys finished 6–1 in their 1919 season as an independent team. [2] Their 1919 owner, George Chamberlain, asked George Halas to manage the team, and Halas accepted. [ 3 ] After the 1919 season, representatives of four Ohio League teams—the Canton Bulldogs , the Cleveland Tigers , the Dayton Triangles , and the Akron Pros ...
The Decatur Staleys, the organization that eventually became the Chicago Bears, were originally founded as a works team of the A. E. Staley food starch company of Decatur, Illinois, in 1919; [1] this was the typical start for several early professional football franchises.
A. E. Staley, a processor of corn located in Decatur, Illinois, and now part of Tate & Lyle, PLC The Chicago Bears , formerly Decatur Staleys, a football club established by the A. E. Staley Company Staley Da Bear , mascot of the Chicago Bears, named after the A. E. Staley Company
They shared Staley Field with the football team for which it was built, the Decatur Staleys. The Staleys were the early NFL franchise started by A.E. Staley and headed by George Halas that relocated from Decatur in 1922 and became the Chicago Bears. [5] The Commodores began play at Downing Racetrack (now called Hess Park) in 1901.
c Robert E. Brannan became the coach of the club when it was established by the A. E. Staley Company of Decatur, Illinois in 1919 as a company team. d No official records for the 1919 season in Chicago Bears record books, but the team finished the season 6–1.