Chicago Sports
By Walter Moran
Bears
Blackhawks
Bulls
White Sox
• The Bears have the most wins all time in the NFL
• They have won 9 championships, including 1 Super Bowl and 8 NFL Championships
• The Blackhawks were 1 of the Original 6 teams to start the NHL
• They have won 4 Stanley Cups
• They had the greatest player to ever play the game of basketball, Michael Jordan
• They have won 6 NBA Championships
• The White Sox were one of the original 16 baseball teams, and started in 1901
• The White Sox have won 6 baseball Pennants
Chicago Sports
Greatness
• The Bears were originally called the Decatur Staleys.
• We were coached by our first player/coach, George Halas. He is the
winningest coach in Bears history
• Halas gets full control of team in 1921, and moves the team from
Decatur to Chicago, where they began to play on Wrigley Field.
• Won first Championship in 1921 with a 9-1-1 record.
• 1934, Bears RB Beattie Feathers runs for NFL’s first 1,000 season.
• 1946. The NFL has the players return from WWII.
• In 1974, the Bears draft the greatest running back ever, Walter
Payton.
• 1985, Monsters of the Midway make the Super Bowl Shuffle.
• The Bears most recent Super Bowl came in 1985, when we beat the
Patriots 46-10
Chicago
History
Bears
• The Blackhawks were one of the Original 6, started on
November 27, 1926.
• The Blackhawks were named by Major Frederic
McLaughlin, who named them after the 33rd Machine
Gun Battalion that he commanded during WWI
• Our first Stanley Cup came in 1934.
• The Hawks were one of the most consistent teams from
the 1960’s until today.
• The Hawks have 41 members in the hall of fame that
played for them.
Chicago Blackhawks
History
• The Bulls were formed on April 30, 1966.
• They came into the league as an expansion team, which took players that
were not signed to contracts already.
• Since then, we have had 29 playoff appearances and 6 NBA titles.
• We have 4 player numbers retired, including Michael Jordan.
• The Bulls have the 3 most NBA titles ever won behind the Celtics and
the Lakers
• The Bulls first star was Jerry Sloan and was our first pick in our draft.
• In the 1990’s, the Bulls were the most dominant team in NBA. They
went on to win 6 titles in 8 years.
• In that span, they had Michael Jordan, who led them to all of those
Championships.
• Most recently, the Bulls have drafted another super star, Derrick Rose.
• Their most recent Championship was in 1998
Chicago Bulls
History
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The White Sox came into the MLB in 1901, and were originally the Chicago White
Stockings.
They won their first MLB game on April 22, 1901 against Cleveland.
The White Sox won their first world series against our own Chicago Cubs in 1906, the first
and last all Chicago world series.
Comiskey Park, their home field, opens on July 1, 1910.
April 30, 1922, pitcher Charlie Robertson pitches first perfect game in White Sox history.
First All-Star game ever played in Chicago at Comiskey park on July 6, 1033 for the Worlds
fair.
First night game played at Comiskey Park on August 14, 1939.
1990, Comiskey Parks last year. The youngest team in baseball won 94 games to make the
playoffs, stunning everyone.
2003, first time home field advantage offered for the winner of all-star game, which was
hosted at U.S Cellular field, the Sox new field.
2005, the White Sox win first world series in 88 years, and do it by sweeping the Astros.
Chicago White Soxs
History
• Walter Payton, also known as
“Sweetness” by Chicagoans, is the
greatest Bears player of all time.
• He holds the record for most yards
rushed by a Chicago player.
• In his 13 year career, he made 9
Pro Bowls, and led the Bears to
there first Super Bowl title.
• He was also selected the MVP two
times in his career. (‘77, ‘85).
• Walter Payton rushed 3,838 times
for 16,726 yards and 110
touchdowns. These were all
records.
Chicago Bears Greatest
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Stan Mikita A.K.A “Stosh” was the first
Czechoslovakian player in the NHL
He was known for his skill and finesse,
but also known for his very aggressive
play.
He played 22 years for the Hawks, from
1958-1980.
He led the Hawks to there first Stanley
cup victory in 23 years in 1961.
In 1966-’67 and 1967-’68 season, he won
the MVP award, Scoring title, and the
Lady Byng trophy for sportsmanship, one
of the best two years of his career.
Chicago Blackhawks
Greatest Player
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Michael Jordan is arguably the best basketball
player to play the game
In his last 6 years of his career on the Bulls, he
led them to six NBA championships in as many
appearances.
He won the regular season MVP award 5 times,
while winning the NBA finals MVP a record 6
times (every time they made it)
He averaged 30.1 points a game, the most ever
in the NBA. He ranks third in points scored
with 32,392.
He made it to the All Star game 14 times, and
recorded the only triple double in All Star game
history.
He was also awarded Defensive Player of the
year in 1988.
His run as a Chicago Bull came to an end in
1998.
Chicago Bulls Greatest
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Frank Thomas A.K.A “The Big Hurt”
Thomas played for the White Sox from 19902005.
He is known as the White Sox best first
baseman, and the biggest offensive player they
ever had.
He won the MVP award in 1993 and 1994.
He is 1of only 4 players to end his career with a
.300 batting average, 500+ home runs, 1,500+
RBI’s, 1,000+ runs, and 1,500+ walks.
He finally got his World Series ring in 2005,
though sidelined due to injuries.
Rank Thomas is the White Sox all time leader
in home runs, walks, its, slugging percentage,
on base percentage, and extra base hits.
Hi career with the White Sox ended in 2005, but
he continued to play until 2008.
Chicago White Sox
Greatest Player
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The 1990’s was the Bulls “decade”.
They won 6 championships in 8 years.
There was one star, Michael Jordan, but his
teammates were never over looked.
The Bulls could have won 9 championships
that decade if Jordan hadn’t retired, twice.
Their most dominant, and record breaking
season, was the ’95-’96 when they went 7210.
That is the most wins a team ever had in a
season, and only lost 3 playoff games that
year.
They are they only team in NBA history to
win 2 separate 3-peats. The Dynasty finally
came to an end after the 1997-’98 season
when Jordan made his final retirement from
the Bulls.
It came after his final, game winning shot
against the Utah Jazz in game seven of the
1998 NBA Finals.
Chicago Bulls Dynasty
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