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Monsters: The 1985 Chicago Bears and the Wild Heart of Football

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by Rich Cohen


  INDEX

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  About Last Night …

  Aikman, Troy

  Ali, Muhammad

  Aliquippa, Pa.

  Allen, George

  Alzado, Lyle

  Anderson, Neal

  Armstrong, Neill

  Aschman, Carl

  Atkins, Doug

  Automatic Front Coverage (AFC)

  Avellini, Bob; Ditka and; on Halas; Luckman and

  Bachman, Charlie

  Baker, Frank

  Baschnagel, Brian; on Ditka; on McMahon; on Plank; White House visit and

  Baugh, Sammy

  Bazer, Mark

  Becker, Kurt; end of football career; on McMahon

  Bednarik, Chuck

  Belichick, Bill

  Bell, Bert

  Bell, Todd

  Biletnikoff, Fred

  Bird, Larry

  Blacklock, Hugh

  Blaik, Red

  Blood, Johnny

  Blood, Sweat, and Chalk (Layden)

  Bob Hope Christmas Special, The

  Bodie, Ping

  Bortz, Mark

  Boys of Summer, The (Kahn)

  Bradshaw, Terry

  Brain Bank

  brain injuries

  Brian’s Song

  Brock, Dieter

  Brown, Jim

  Brumbaugh, Carl

  Buckner, Bill

  Buffone, Doug

  Butkus, Dick

  Butler, Kevin

  Byrne, Jane

  Calling the Shots (Singletary)

  Camp, Walter

  Campbell, Earl

  Caray, Harry

  Carimi, Gabe

  Carr, Joe

  Carter, Jimmy

  Cashion, Red

  Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (Brain Bank)

  Challenger, see space shuttle Challenger

  Chamberlin, George

  Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

  Chicago, Ill.; crime in; superrats in

  Chicago Bears; assembly of 1985 team members; Decatur Staleys become; 46 defense used by; “Monsters of the Midway” nickname of; NFC Championship Trophy won by; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” of; Super Bowl win of; T-formation used by; typical alignment of; White House visit of

  Chicago Cubs

  Chicago Daily News

  Chicago Sun-Times

  Chicago Tribune

  Chicago White Sox

  chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)

  Cicotte, Eddie

  Clinton, Bill

  Cobb, Ty

  Collinsworth, Cris

  Concannon, Jack

  Conzelman, Jimmy

  Coryell, Don

  Cosell, Howard

  Coslet, Bruce

  Costas, Bob

  Covert, Jimbo

  Cozza, Carm

  Csonka, Larry

  Cutler, Jay

  Dahl, Steve

  Daley, Arthur

  Daley, Richard J.

  Daley, Richard M.

  Dallas Cowboys; vs. Bears; Ditka as player with

  Davis, Al

  Davis, Jeff

  Davis, Jody

  Death of a Salesman (Miller)

  Decatur Staleys; become Chicago Bears; Halas as player with

  Delsohn, Steve

  Dent, Richard; Richardson and; in Super Bowl; in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”; White House visit and

  Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears

  Dickerson, Eric

  Diddley, Bo

  Ditka, Mike; appearance of; Avellini and; Baschnagel and; clothes of; cologne of; commercials of; as Dallas Cowboys player; on defense; Dolphins game and; drunk driving arrest of; early life of; “Ferguson Hit” and; firing of; Flutie and; Gault and; hair of; Halas and; heart attack of; hired as Bears coach; Landry and; Los Angeles game and; McMahon and; on Payton; at Payton memorial; on Perry; as Philadelphia Eagles player; postgame press conferences of; on Pyle; Richardson and; on rules and injuries; Ryan and; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; team assembled by; temper of; White House visit and

  Dooley, Jim

  Dressen, Chuck

  Driscoll, Paddy

  drugs

  Duerson, Dave; brain injury of; suicide of

  Durham, Leon

  Eason, Tony

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  Elway, John

  Enberg, Dick

  Ewbank, Weeb

  Favre, Brett

  Fencik, Gary (“the Hit Man”); college experience of; end of football career; “Ferguson Hit” and; on Halas; on McMahon; as Miami Dolphins player; Plank and; post-football life of; Ryan and; size of; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and

  Ferguson, Joe; Marshall’s collision with

  Finks, Jim

  Fisher, Jeff; on Ryan

  Flutie, Doug

  Foley, Steve

  football; brain injuries from; changes in game; college; factory town teams; professional, beginnings of; World War II and

  46 defense; spread offense and

  Fouts, Dan

  Frazier, Leslie

  free substitution

  Friedman, Benny

  Fuller, Steve; in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”

  Gacy, John Wayne

  Galimore, Willie

  Gault, Willie; Bears left by; Hollywood career of; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

  Gayle, Shaun; post-football life of

  Gehrig, Lou

  Gent, Peter

  George, Bill

  Giangreco, Mark

  Gifford, Frank

  “Go Cubs Go!”

  Goodell, Roger

  Goodman, Steve

  Grange, Red

  Green Bay Packers

  Griese, Bob

  Grogan, Steve

  Guy, Ray

  Halas, George; appearance of; as baseball player; as Bears owner; Butkus and; cancer of; becomes coach; at Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad; Cobb and; in college; death of; Ditka and; Ditka hired as coach by; early life of; “eye in the sky” employed by; as football player; funeral of; game film used by; hip problems of; Luckman and; McCaskey and; McMahon and; mentoring of; in navy; retirement as coach; Sayers and; side businesses of; Super Bowl and; T-formation of; Thorpe and; wealth of

  Halas, George, Jr. (“Mugs”); death of

  Halas, Wilhelmina “Min”

  Halas by Halas (Halas)

  Halas Hall

  Hampton, Dan (“Danimal”); end of football career; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

  Harbaugh, Jim

  Harper, Roland

  Harris, Al

  Hartenstein, Mike

  Hartigan, Neil

  Hay, Ralph

  Hayes, Woody

  Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis (Nowinski)

  Heffelfinger, William

  Hilgenberg, Jay

  Hipple, Eric

  Hogeboom, Gary

  Holmgren, Mike

  Homer

  Huff, Gary

  Huggins, Miller

  Hughes, Ed

  Hunt, Lamar

  Iliad (Homer)

  In Life, First You Kick Ass (Ditka and Telander)

  Jackson, Noah

  Jaworski, Ron; on 46 defense

  Jiggetts, Dan

  Jim Thorpe—All American

  Johnson, Billy

  Johnson, Walter

  Johnsos, Luke

  Jones, Ed

  Jones, Homer

  Jones, Ralph

  Jones, Stan

  Jones and Laughlin Steel Company

  Jordan, Michael

  Kahn, Roger

  Kennedy, John F.

  Keys, Tyrone

  Kilmer, Billy

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sp; Kingman, Dave

  Lambeau, Curly

  Landeta, Sean

  Landry, Tom; Ditka and

  Layden, Tim

  Leclerc, Roger

  Lederer, Matt

  LeMay, Curtis

  “Let’s Ram It”

  Lewis, Duffy

  Life on the Mississippi (Twain)

  Lingo, Walter

  Lisch, Rusty

  Little, Lou

  “Living the American Dream”

  Lombardi, Vince

  Long, Howie

  Los Angeles Raiders

  Los Angeles Rams vs. Chicago Bears

  Lowe, Rob

  Luckman, Sid; Avellini and; Halas and

  MacArthur, Douglas

  Macon, Eddie

  Madden, John

  Manning, Archie

  Mantle, Mickey

  Mara, Tim

  Mara, Wellington

  Maraniss, David

  Marino, Dan

  Marquard, Rube

  Marshall, Brandon

  Marshall, George Preston

  Marshall, Wilber; Bears left by; Ferguson’s collision with; in Super Bowl; White House visit and

  Martin, Charles

  “Masters of the Gridiron”

  Mathewson, Christy

  Mays, Carl

  McAfee, George

  McCaskey, Brian

  McCaskey, Ed; Virginia’s marriage to

  McCaskey, George

  McCaskey, Michael; Ditka fired by; McMahon and; Shiriashi and; Singletary and; Super Bowl and

  McCaskey, Patrick

  McCaskey, Tim

  McCaskey, Virginia Halas; marriage of; Plasman and

  McGinnity, Joe

  McIntyre, Guy

  McKee, Ann

  McKinnon, Dennis

  McMahon, Jim; Baschnagel on; Becker and; at Brigham Young; at his children’s sports games; Ditka and; drugs and; drunk driving arrest of; on Duerson; early life of; eye injury of; Flutie and; Halas and; headbands worn by; injuries of; leadership of; in Los Angeles game; Martin and; McCaskey and; Namath and; New Orleans DJ and; on Payton; in retirement; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; trading of; in Vikings game; White House visit and

  McMahon! The Bare Truth About Chicago’s Brashest Bear (McMahon)

  McMichael, Steve; Bears left by; end of football career; McCaskey and; on McMahon; on Plank; post-football life of; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; White House visit and

  McRae, Jamie

  Meyer, Dick

  Miami Dolphins: vs. Bears; Fencik as player with

  Minnesota Vikings vs. Chicago Bears

  Modern “T” Formation with Man-in-Motion, The (Shaughnessy, Jones, and Halas)

  Monday, Rick

  Montana, Joe

  Moore, Nat

  Moorehead, Emery; end of football career; on McMahon; post-football life of

  Morris, Joe

  Morris, Mercury

  Morrissey, Jim; on Ryan

  Murray, Bill

  Nagurski, Bronko

  Namath, Joe; McMahon and

  National Football League (NFL): early years of; founding of; free substitution and; 1963 Championship

  Navon, Laurie

  Never Die Easy: The Autobiography of Walter Payton (Payton and Yaeger)

  New England Patriots; in Super Bowl

  Newman, Paul

  New York Giants vs. Chicago Bears

  New York Times

  New York Yankees; Halas as player with

  NFC Championship Trophy

  nickel defense

  Nitschke, Ray

  Nixon, Richard

  Noll, Chuck

  North Dallas Forty (Gent)

  North Dallas Forty (movie)

  North Shore Screen Doors

  Nowinski, Chris

  Obama, Barack

  O’Brien, Morgan

  O’Doul, Lefty

  Oorang Indians

  Osmanski, Bill

  Owens, Terrell

  Page, Alan

  Papa Bear (Davis)

  Parcells, Bill

  Pardee, Jack

  Parrish, Bernie

  Paterno, Joe; Plank and

  Patton, George

  Payton, Eddie

  Payton, Jarrett

  Payton, Walter; candy obsession of; death of; liver disease of; post-football life of; Singletary and; in Super Bowl; “The Super Bowl Shuffle” and; workouts of

  Pearlman, Jeff

  Pellington, Bill

  Perry, William “Refrigerator”; on Bob Hope Christmas Special; in Super Bowl; White House visit and

  Philadelphia Eagles: Ditka as player with; Ryan leaves Bears to coach

  Phillips, Reggie

  Phillips, Ted

  Piccolo, Brian

  Piersall, Jimmy

  Pipp, Wally

  Pittsburgh Steelers; vs. Bears

  Plank, Doug; Automatic Front Coverage and; Burger King franchises of; on Ditka; on Ditka/Ryan situation; end of football career; Fencik and; 46 defense and; on Halas; on Marino; on McMahon; Paterno and; Payton and; post-football life of; on Ryan; on three kinds of coaches

  Plasman, Dick

  Pro Football Hall of Fame

  Pyle, Mike

  quarterbacks; injuries and

  racism

  Reel Fishing

  Reeves, Dan

  Reuter, Rhoni

  Rice, Grantland

  Richard, Rocket

  Richardson, Mike; post-football life of

  Rivera, Ron

  Robeson, Paul

  Rockne, Knute

  Roethlisberger, Ben

  Roland, Johnny

  Rooney, Art

  Royko, Mike

  Rozelle, Pete; McMahon and

  Rush, Bobby

  Ruth, Babe

  Rutigliano, Sam

  Ryan, Buddy; in army; Automatic Front Coverage used by; Ditka and; early life of; 46 defense used by; leaves Bears; as New York Jets coach; retirement of; White House visit and

  Ryan, Rex

  Ryan, Rob

  Sandburg, Carl

  Sanders, Barry

  San Diego Chargers: vs. Bears; McMahon traded to

  San Francisco 49ers; vs. Bears

  Sayers, Gale

  Schramm, Tex

  Schulian, John

  Scott, James

  Seau, Junior

  Seifert, George

  Septien, Rafael

  Shaughnessy, Clark

  Shawkey, Bob

  Shiriashi, Hiroshi

  Shula, Don

  Shurmur, Fritz

  “Silver and Black Attack”

  Simms, Phil

  Simpson, O. J.

  Singletary, Mike; Automatic Front Coverage and; McCaskey and; Payton and; on Ryan; in Super Bowl

  single-wing offense

  Smith, Bill

  Smith, Emmitt

  Snyder, Bob

  Soldier Field

  space shuttle Challenger

  spiking the ball

  Sporting News

  Sports Illustrated

  Sports Legacy Institute

  spread offense

  Stack, Jim

  Stagg, Alonzo

  Staley, A. E.

  Staleys, see Decatur Staleys

  Stanfel, Dick

  Staubach, Roger

  Sternaman, Dutch

  Stickum

  Stop-Action (Butkus)

  Stydahar, Joe

  Suhey, Matt

  “Super Bowl Shuffle, The”

  Super Bowl XX; San Francisco game and

  Sutcliffe, Rick

  Sweetness (Pearlman)

  Swiatek, Max

  Tapper, Jake

  Taylor, Lawrence

  Tebow, Tim

  Telander, Rick; on Ditka

  T-formation

  Thayer, Tom

  Theismann, Joe

  “Then Ditka Said to Payton…” (Jiggetts)

  They Call It a Game (Parrish)

  T
homas, Clendon

  Thorpe, Jim; background of; Halas and

  Thrower, Willie

  Time

  Tip Top

  Tittle, Y. A.

  Tobin, Bill; on McMahon

  Tobin, Vince

  Tomczak, Mike

  Tonelli, Mario

  Trafton, George

  Twain, Mark

  Tyson, Mike

  Udall, Stewart

  Unitas, Johnny

  Vainisi, Jerry

  Van Horne, Keith

  Veeck, Bill, Sr.

  Vick, Michael

  Wade, Bill

  Walls, Everson

  Walsh, Bill

  Walter & Me: Standing in the Shadow of Sweetness (Payton)

  Warner, Pop

  Washington, Harold

  Washington, Kenny

  Washington Redskins vs. Chicago Bears

  Waters, Andre

  Watts, Ricky

  Webster, Mike

  Welker, Wes

  When Pride Still Mattered (Maraniss)

  White, Danny

  Wilson, George

  Wilson, Marc

  Wilson, Otis; Bears left by; on Ditka; in Super Bowl; in “The Super Bowl Shuffle”; White House visit and

  Wilson, Wade

  Winder, Sammy

  Wood, Bob

  Woods, Ickey

  Woolf, Bob

  Wooten, Ron

  World War II

  World Wrestling Federation

  Wrightman, Tim; on McMahon

  Wrigley Field

  Yang, Marni

  Youngblood, Jack

  Zucker, Steve

  Zuppke, Robert

  ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

  Bill Smith Photography

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  Photograph courtesy of Mark Varouxakis, constraint programmer, modern voyeur, neo-Darwinist

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  Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Harris & Ewing, LC-DIG-hec-13257

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  Hand-drawn diagram of the 46 defense courtesy of Doug Plank

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