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  2. 11 Bears make list of top 101 greatest NFL nicknames ever - AOL

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    Touchdown Wire released its list of the top 101 greatest NFL nicknames, and the Bears were well-represented. See who took the top spot.

  3. List of NFL nicknames - Wikipedia

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    Da Bears: [24] Slang nickname given to the Chicago Bears made popular by the Bill Swerski's Superfans sketches of the early 1990s on Saturday Night Live. Sometimes used to retroactively refer to the 1985 Bears. Deflatriots: Used in reference to Deflategate. [25] Dirty Birds: [26] The 1998 Atlanta Falcons (but is still a nickname for the Falcons).

  4. Monsters of the Midway - Wikipedia

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    The nickname became associated with the Bears, who won six championships between 1932 and 1946. [1] The nickname was revived in the Super Bowl era of the NFL to describe the team's dominant defenses, particularly the 1985 Bears team that won Super Bowl XX. Monsters of the Midway is also used by the Bears in marketing campaigns and promotional ...

  5. List of nicknamed NFL games and plays - Wikipedia

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    Several National Football League (NFL) games and plays throughout its history have been given names by the media, football fans, and as part of an NFL team's lore as a result of a distinctive play associated with the game, as a result of a unique outcome of or circumstance behind the game, or for other reasons that make the game notable.

  6. The 101 greatest nicknames in football history - AOL

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    The 101 greatest nicknames in football history. The 101 greatest nicknames in football history. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us ...

  7. List of North American football nicknames - Wikipedia

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    By nickname "Ain'ts*" – New Orleans Saints, NFL; rhyming play on the non-standard English negative ain't [30] "America's Team" – Dallas Cowboys, by sports media [31] "B.I.L.L.S.*" – Buffalo Bills, by detractors, acronyms for "Boy I Love Losing Super Bowls", in reference to the team's failure to win the Super Bowl in four straight tries during the early 1990s [32]

  8. Walter Payton - Wikipedia

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    The nickname's origin is ambiguous: it is variously said to have stemmed from his personality, from his athletic grace, or as an ironic description of his aggressive playing style. [21] Payton was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1996, [ 15 ] and he was posthumously inducted into the inaugural class of the Black College ...

  9. Red Grange - Wikipedia

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    Harold Edward "Red" Grange (June 13, 1903 – January 28, 1991), nicknamed "the Galloping Ghost" and "the Wheaton Iceman", was an American professional football halfback who played for the Chicago Bears and the short-lived New York Yankees.