Chicago Bears Concept/Tweak

[LEWJ]

OK so I decided to make a Bears concept. It's more of a tweak I think. I'm trying to make it more compatible with the sleeveless jerseys everyone seems to be going for now days. I also tried to give it a littl bit more of a modern look, with a bit of a retro feel. Hey and I switched from my template cause I finally realized....it blows.

Here's what I did:

-Made the Home and Away match each other a little better

-Changed letters and numbers to orange

-Numbers on shoulders

-2 stripes instead of 3

-If you really want, pants can be interchangable... I think you get the idea

[out of date]

Whatya think?

[FGWB]

im not too impressed on the orange numbers on the dark jersey honestly. otherwise it looks good

[aerodynamix]

No "GSH"?

[FGWB]

Can someone explain what the GSH stands for/means?

[AHcreative]

Can someone explain what the GSH stands for/means?

George Stanley Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears... I think he did some coaching too.

I agree, there does need to be the GSH somewhere on the jerseys.

[FGWB]

Can someone explain what the GSH stands for/means?

George Stanley Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears... I think he did some coaching too.

I agree, there does need to be the GSH somewhere on the jerseys.

Ok thanks, I always wondered but never really found out.

[cubsfan07]

Something kind of looks out of place. I don't know if I like only two stripes, but I like the numbers on the shoulders.

[Erik121]

No GSH=loss. Not only did he found the Bears, he was also one of the main forces behind the NFL as we know it.

[Gothamite]

Yeah, Halas should be one of those people that every football fan knows.

Halas, Lambeau, Tim Mara, all men from before the television era whose accomplishments so frequently go unrecognized. I would have thought Halas less than the others, but maybe not.

[BIGBAD]

2 words

orange jerseys

[BlueSky]

Can someone explain what the GSH stands for/means?

George Stanley Halas, founder of the Chicago Bears... I think he did some coaching too.

Yeah, he did a little coaching...like 40 seasons worth, of which 34 were winning seasons. ;-)

Played a little baseball and some football as well. Here's some cool trivia from wikipedia:

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Afterward, Halas played minor league and semi-pro baseball. He was so good at baseball, he eventually earned a promotion to the New York Yankees, where he played 12 games as an outfielder in the major leagues in 1919. However, a hip injury effectively ended his baseball career. He was succeeded as the Yankees' right fielder by Babe Ruth.

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Their article on his NFL career is well worth the read:

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Offered a position with the A. E. Staley Company, a Decatur, Illinois starch manufacturer, as a company representative, player on the company-sponsored baseball team, and player-coach of the company-sponsored football team, Halas selected his alma mater's colors ? orange and navy blue ? for the team's uniforms. In 1920, Halas represented the Staleys at the meeting which formed the American Professional Football Association (which became the NFL in 1922) in Canton, Ohio.

After suffering financial losses despite a 10-1-2 record, company founder and namesake Augustus E. Staley turned control of the team to Halas in 1921. Halas moved the team to Chicago and took on teammate Dutch Sternaman as a partner. The newly minted "Chicago Staleys" won the NFL championship that year. They took the name Bears in 1922 as a tribute to baseball's Chicago Cubs, who permitted the Bears to play their games at Wrigley Field.

Halas not only played end (wide receiver on offense, defensive end on defense) but also handled ticket sales and the business of running the club; lore says he even sold tickets before the game. All of that perhaps not being enough to do, Halas also coached the team. Named to the NFL's all-pro team in the 1920s, his playing highlight occurred in a 1923 game when he stripped Jim Thorpe of the ball, recovered the fumble, and returned it 98 yards ? a league record which would stand until 1972. In 1925, Halas persuaded Illinois star player Red Grange to join the Bears; it was a significant step in establishing both the respectability and popularity of the league, which had previously been viewed as a refuge for less admirable players.

After ten seasons, Halas stepped back from the game in 1930, retiring as a player and leaving the sidelines as coach; but he remained the owner of the club, becoming sole owner in 1932. The lure of the field was too much, however, as Halas returned in 1933 to coach the Bears for another ten seasons. During his absence from coaching, the team had also won the 1932 championship. His 1934 team was undefeated until a loss in the championship game to the New York Giants.

In the late 1930s, Halas ? with University of Chicago coach Clark Shaughnessy ? perfected the T-formation system to create a revolutionary and overwhelming style of play which drove the Bears to an astonishing 73-0 victory over the Washington Redskins in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. Every other team in the league immediately began trying to imitate the format. The Bears repeated as NFL champions in 1941, and the 1940s would be remembered as the era of the "Monsters of the Midway."

Halas and Shaughnessy had created a revolutionary concept with the T-formation offense. The complex spins, turns, fakes, and all around athletic versatility required to execute the scheme, limited the possible players available. Halas recruited Columbia University quarterback Sid Luckman in 1939. Luckman launched his Hall of Fame career, playing the position from 1939 to 1950. Halas was not satisfied with other players who succeeded Luckman. During this coaching stint, he had on the Bears roster two future Hall of Fame players, Bobby Layne in 1948 and George Blanda from 1949 to 1958. Other notable players included Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack from 1948 to 1951 and Zeke Bratkowski from 1954 to 1960. Blanda played in the NFL until 1975; Bratkowski moved on to Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers from 1960 to 1971; and Bobby Layne quarterbacked the Detroit Lions to three NFL championship games between 1952-54, winning two.

Halas went on a second three-year hiatus during World War II, serving in the Armed Forces from 1943-45, while the Bears won another title in 1943. Returning to the field in 1946, he coached the club for a third decade, again winning a title in his first year back as coach. After a brief break in 1956-57, he resumed the controls of the club for a final decade from 1958 to 1967, winning his last championship in 1963. He did not, however, enjoy the same success as he had before the war. He did win his 200th game in 1950 and his 300th game in 1965, becoming the first coach to reach both milestones. In 40 years as a coach, he endured only six losing seasons.

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He earned those initials on the Bears' sleeves.

[LEWJ]

sorry i didn't include the GSH

no excuses for that one

I've added an orange alt. for the heck of it...

[Thunderstruk]

Lew love em but I sorta remember back in the 70's an explanation coming from the Bears on why there are 3 stripes. I just can't remember the reason. I for one want to see what they would look like with orange pants.