George Halas

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American football coach American football executive American football player National Football League coach Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee human sports team owner

George Halas was a pioneering NFL coach, owner, and co-founder of the Chicago Bears who helped shape professional football in the 20th century.

Aliases (2)

George Halas Jr. ×2
George Stanley Halas ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football coach → American football executive → American football player → National Football League coach → Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee → human → sports team owner →
awardNamedAfter	George Halas Trophy →
burialPlace	St. Adalbert Catholic Cemetery, Niles, Illinois, United States →
causeOfDeath	myocardial infarction →
coachOf	Chicago Bears →
coFounded	Chicago Bears → National Football League →
conflict	World War I → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1895-02-02 →
dateOfDeath	1983-10-31 →
educatedAt	University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign →
employer	Chicago Bears →
fullName	George Stanley Halas →
hallOfFameInduction	Pro Football Hall of Fame →
hallOfFameInductionYear	1963 →
headCoachOf	Chicago Bears → Chicago Staleys → Decatur Staleys →
honor	Chicago Bears retired number 7 →
influenced	development of the T-formation offense →
knownFor	pioneering modern professional football →
league	National Football League →
memberOfSportsTeam	Chicago Bears → Decatur Staleys →
nickname	Mr. Everything → Papa Bear →
ownerOf	Chicago Bears →
placeOfBirth	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
placeOfDeath	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
positionPlayed	end →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
servedIn	United States Navy →
sport	American football →
wonChampionship	NFL Championship 1921 → NFL Championship 1933 → NFL Championship 1940 → NFL Championship 1941 → NFL Championship 1946 → NFL Championship 1963 →
yearsActiveAsCoach	1920–1967 →

Referenced by (14)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Halas family → Halas family ("George Halas Jr.") →	hasNotableMember
Michael McCaskey → Virginia Halas McCaskey ("George Halas Jr.") →	relative
Monsters of the Midway →	associatedCoach
Super Bowl XIII →	coinTosser
Halas family →	familyPatriarch
George Halas ("George Stanley Halas") →	fullName
1940 NFL Championship Game →	headCoachOfWinningTeam
George Halas Trophy →	namedAfter
Virginia Halas McCaskey →	parent
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins →	teamOwnerOfChicagoBearsAtTime
1940 NFL Championship Game 73–0 win over Washington Redskins →	winningCoach
1940 NFL Championship Game →	winningTeamOwner