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The 1963 Chicago Bears

George Halas & the Road to the NFL Championship
2024-12-07 10:30:00 2024-12-07 11:30:00 America/Chicago The 1963 Chicago Bears The world champion '63 Chicago Bears are considered the most dominant team of the pre-Super Bowl era.  Learn more about the trials & triumphs from Sports historian & author Charles N. Billington. R Main Library - Elgin Room

Saturday, December 07
10:30am - 11:30am

Add to Calendar 2024-12-07 10:30:00 2024-12-07 11:30:00 America/Chicago The 1963 Chicago Bears The world champion '63 Chicago Bears are considered the most dominant team of the pre-Super Bowl era.  Learn more about the trials & triumphs from Sports historian & author Charles N. Billington. R Main Library - Elgin Room

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The world champion '63 Chicago Bears are considered the most dominant team of the pre-Super Bowl era.  Learn more about the trials & triumphs from Sports historian & author Charles N. Billington. R

Learn about the trials and triumphs of this team and the pro football industry from an athletic, civil rights, economic, legal, and social perspective. The early 1960's was a watershed era in professional sports; its repercussions are felt to this day. 

Sports historian Charles N. Billington is author of Wrigley Field's Last World Series, Comiskey Park's Last World Series, and The 1963 Chicago Bears.  Charles was a commentator on the late John Calloway's PBS Eddie Waitkus documentary in the award-winning Chicago Stories series and on Fox Sports Net's Baseball's Golden Age.  He has appeared on Comcast, NPR, C-Span, and WTTW television.  After the Cubs won the World Series in 2016, US News & World Report invited Billington to pen an op-ed on the historic event. 

AGE GROUP: | High School | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Older Adult Interest | History | Adult Programs |

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