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Halas invited surviving Staley teammates to the game and an evening dinner, [26] while Staley's son A. E. Staley Jr. and Decatur mayor Clarence A. Sablotny also attended the game. The Bears won 58–27, the most points scored by the Bears since 1940. [31] Staley serves as the namesake of the Bears' mascot Staley Da Bear. [32]
A. E. Staley founder Augustus Eugene Staley never intended to create a national powerhouse. He founded the Staley athletic program because he thought that employees participating in sports, either actively or as spectators, would grow to value the lessons learned of being a team player, good sportsmanship, character building as well as building a sense of team/factory loyalty. [3]
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 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.
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.
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
Morgan P. O'Brien was an engineer at the A. E. Staley Company, located in Decatur, Illinois, as well as a football fan who assisted George Halas in managing the administrative matters of the Decatur Staleys (renamed the Chicago Bears in 1922).