Word: nagurski
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From Walter Payton to William Perry, modern Bears worthy of George Halas and Bronko Nagurski are off to New Orleans for their first Super Bowl. The enchanted opponent, New England's surprising Patriots, debuts too, under Raymond Berry. From I to XIX, each of the past games is revisited by one thoughtful man. See SPORT...
When players were players and even agents were agents, the Bears had Red Grange and Cash & Carry Pyle. Other names are like trumpets sounding. Bronko Nagurski. Bulldog Turner. George McAfee. Sid Luckman. (If you'll pardon a sentimental addition, Willie Galimore. He even sounded like running.) Later: Gale Sayers and Dick Butkus. People say the Bears are 22 seasons between championships, but 1963 was so momentary and illusory that it seemed more of a flashback than a turnaround, a memory of glory in the midst of a 40-year desperation that, almost no matter what happens in New Orleans this...
...When the players walked in the first day," recalls Payton, "Mike was standing there with his arms folded. He nodded to [Assistant] Ted Plumb, who started calling roll. I thought, 'We're in the Army now.' "Ditka, 46, is from Aliquippa, Pa., and his people are from the Ukraine, Nagurski stock. A Canadian who has lived most of his rich life just across a frozen lake in Minnesota, Bronko, 77, once claimed to have no personal knowledge of summer. That's the Bear toughness. "Some teams are named Smith," Ditka says. "Some are named Grabowski." He bends his mustache into...