George Halas coached for 40 seasons in the NFL, the most in league history, and his 318 coaching wins rank second all-time. Halas was the first coach and owner of the Chicago Bears – originally known as the Decatur Staleys – and he represented the franchise at the NFL’s organizational meeting in Canton in 1920. Nicknamed “Papa Bear,” Halas won six NFL championships as head coach and was the first to organize daily practices and have games broadcast on the radio. During the Bears’ 73-0 dismantling of the Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship, Halas was among the first coaches to adopt the modern T-Formation, which would soon spread across professional and college football. Players that Halas coached ranged from Red Grange to Bronko Nagurski to Gale Sayers. Born in Chicago in 1895, Halas was also a player-coach for the Bears, suiting up for the team as an end for most of the 1920s.