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When the United States entered World War II, over 1,000 NFL personnel joined the military, including 350 players and 45 active Bears, [1] [2] the latter featuring over half of the 1942 team. Chicago also lost head coach George Halas to the United States Navy during the 1942 season, which forced assistant coaches Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos ...
The rule was enacted in response to the depleted team rosters of the World War II period and followed a similar change made to the NCAA's college football rule book in 1941. [2] Previously, under the one-platoon system , players competed both on offense and defense until a substitution was made, at which time the player removed could not return ...
Hugh Harold "Duke" Gallarneau (April 2, 1917 – July 14, 1999) was an American professional player who was a halfback in the National Football League (NFL) from 1941 to 1942 and 1945 to 1947 for the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Stanford, where he was an All-American.
Fourteen died in World War II, two in the Vietnam War and one in the War in Afghanistan. In World War II, Jack Lummus and Charlie Behan were posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross, respectively. All players listed below served in the United States military.
The Bears started the 1942 season well before Halas departed for World War II. 45 players on the team also joined the war effort, [11] which led to a roster shortage that nearly led to the Bears merging with the Cardinals in 1943. [12] Halas' handpicked successors Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos ran the Bears for the next three years until his ...
Some 19 active or former players of the National Football League would ultimately die in the American war effort, [1] in addition to an uncounted number of former collegians. Early in the war effort one football writer said about the applicability of the formation of football teams with military training: Football is a body-toughener.
Luke Andrew Johnsos Sr. (December 9, 1905 – December 10, 1984) was an American professional football player, assistant coach, and head coach for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). [1] He started with the Bears in 1929 at the age of 23 as an end. He played eight seasons in Chicago finishing his playing career in 1936.
Lee Robert Reno Artoe (March 2, 1917 – April 1, 2005) was an American professional football player for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) and All-America Football Conference (AAFC). A tackle, Artoe played for the NFL's Chicago Bears (1940–1942, 1945).