- Brian Urlacher
Brian Keith Urlacher (born May 25, 1978) is an American football player for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Urlacher, a five-time Pro Bowl player, has established himself as one of the NFL's most productive linebackers. He is regarded as one of the best defensive players in the NFL, winning the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year Award in 2000 and the NFL Defensive Player of the Year Award in 2005, …
- Devin Hester
Devin Hester is a wide receiver and return specialist, who plays for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He is an alumnus of the University of Miami, where he became the first person in the university’s history to play on all three team’s of American football. Hester began his professional career with the Bears in 2006, and his since been recognized for his role as the team's return specialist. Dubbed as the "Windy City Flyer" and "Anytime", …
- Rex Grossman
Rex Grossman is a quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. An Indiana native, Grossman graduated from Bloomington High School South and attended the University of Florida on an athletic scholarship. He led the Florida Gators to two championship games, and was the runner-up for the 2001 Heisman Trophy. Grossman began his professional career with the Chicago Bears as the twenty-second overall selection in the 2003 NFL Draft, …
- Cedric Benson
Cedric Myron Benson (born December 28, 1982 in Midland, Texas) is an American football running back. He was drafted fourth overall in the 2005 NFL Draft by the Chicago Bears.
- Tank Johnson
Terry "Tank" Johnson (born December 7, 1981) is an American football player who last played for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Drafted in the second round of the 2004 NFL Draft from University of Washington, he was one of the Bears' defensive tackles. He was notably a member of the Bears during their Super Bowl run in 2006.
- Mike Ditka
Michael Keller Ditka, Jr. (born October 18, 1939, in Carnegie, Pennsylvania) also known as Iron Mike Ditka or Da Coach, is a former American NFL player, television commentator, and coach. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win Super Bowls as a player, an assistant coach and a head coach; and was the only individual to participate in two Chicago Bears' championships, …
- Lance Briggs
Lance Briggs (born November 12, 1980 in Sacramento, California) is an American football linebacker who is signed by the Chicago Bears, although he has claimed he will never play another game for the team due to his pending contract situation. He is currently the team's starting Weakside linebacker. Briggs, a two-time Pro Bowl contender, is known for his productive performances and controversial remarks.
- Walter Payton
Walter Jerry Payton was an American football running back for the Chicago Bears. Payton, a Pro Football Hall of Fame member, distinguished himself as one of the National Football League’s most productive and memorable players. He also set many rushing records during his professional and collegiate career. After a standout career at Jackson State University, The Bears drafted Payton with the fourth overall selection in the 1975 NFL Draft.
- Tommie Harris
Tommie Harris (born April 29 1983, Killeen, Texas) is a professional football player for the NFL's Chicago Bears as a Defensive Tackle.
- Brian Piccolo
Louis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 - June 16, 1970) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears for four seasons. He died from embryonal cell carcinoma, which was found as a large tumor in his chest cavity. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song". Piccolo was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.
- Gale Sayers
Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943 in Wichita, Kansas), also known as "The Kansas Comet", was a professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears.
- Adrian Peterson
Adrian Peterson (born July 1, 1979 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American football running back. He currently plays for the Chicago Bears as the second string running back behind Cedric Benson. He has also served as a special teams standout for the Chicago Bears the past few years. Adrian Peterson was a two-time all-state, all-area selection and team MVP at Santa Fe High School in Alachua, …
- Shaun Gayle
Shaun Lanard Gayle (born March 8, 1962 in Newport News, Virginia) is a former American football cornerback/safety in the NFL. He played twelve seasons, eleven for the Chicago Bears (1984-1994), and one for the San Diego Chargers (1995). He was a member of the Bears squad that won Super Bowl XX in 1985. Gayle attended Ohio State University. Gayle owns the distinction of returning the shortest punt for a touchdown in NFL history, …
- Bernard Berrian
Bernard Berrian (born December 27, 1980) is an American football player currently with the Chicago Bears. The Bears drafted him in the third round of the 2004 NFL Draft from Fresno State University. Despite spending most of his first few years of his career on the sidelines, Berrian quickly emerged as one of the Bears' fastest and best deep threat wide receivers.
- Adam Archuleta
Adam Jason Archuleta (born November 27, 1977 in Rock Springs, Wyoming) is an American Football Safety currently playing for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. Prior to playing with the Bears, Archuleta was a member of the St. Louis Rams and Washington Redskins.
- Thomas Jones
Thomas Quinn Jones (born August 19, 1978 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia) is an American football running back for the New York Jets. He is an alumnus of the University of Virginia, where he set numerous rushing records. The Arizona Cardinals drafted Jones as the seventh pick of the 2000 NFL Draft. After three years in Arizona, Jones spent a year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers before signing a multi-year contract with the Chicago Bears as a free agent in 2004.
- Dick Butkus
Dick Butkus (born December 9, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football player and actor. Butkus starred as a football player for the University of Illinois and the Chicago Bears. He was best known for his punishing tackles. Terry Bradshaw once claimed Butkus to be "a killer on the field, but an angel sent by God from heaven above off the field".
- Kyle Orton
Kyle Raymond Orton (born November 14, 1982 in Altoona, Iowa) is an American football player and a quarterback in the National Football League. He was selected by the Chicago Bears as the 106th pick of the 2005 NFL Draft.
- Brian Griese
Brian David Griese (born March 18 1975 in Miami, Florida) is an American football player who currently plays quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He is the son of former NFL great Bob Griese of the Miami Dolphins. They wrote a book together, "Undefeated" (ISBN 0-7852-7021-3), published in 2000 about their lives through their undefeated seasons and living through the breast cancer illness and death of Brian's mother and Bob's first wife, Judi.
- Nathan Vasher
Nathanial DeWayne Vasher (born November 17, 1981 in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an American football cornerback, who plays for the Chicago Bears.
- Mike Brown
Mike Brown (born February 13, 1978 in Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American football safety for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was originally selected with the eighth pick of the second round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of the University of Nebraska. Mike is known for his aggressiveness on the field of play, and emotional approach to the game of football. Recently Brown has established himself as a definitive leader for the Bears, both on and off the football field.
- Desmond Clark
Desmond Darice Clark (born April 20, 1977 in Lakeland, Florida) is an NFL football player, currently starting tight end for the Chicago Bears. In 2006, Clark helped the Bears win the NFC Championship and a trip to Super Bowl XLI with regular season statistics of 626 yards on 45 catches with a 13.9 average and 6 touchdowns. He attended Wake Forest University.
- Robbie Gould
Robert Paul Gould, III (born December 6, 1982) is an American football kicker for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He originally signed with the New England Patriots as an undrafted free agent out of Penn State University in 2005.
- Charles Tillman
Charles "Peanut" Tillman (born February 23, 1981 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football cornerback for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. He was selected with the 35th overall pick, third in the second round, of the 2003 NFL Draft.
- Muhsin Muhammad
Muhsin Muhammad II (born Melvin Campbell on May 5, 1973) is an American football player who currently plays wide receiver for the Chicago Bears of the NFL.
- Alex Brown
Alex Brown (born June 4, 1979 in Jasper, Florida) is a National Football League defensive end for the Chicago Bears. The 2006 season will be his fifth year in the National Football League.
- Marty Booker
Marty Montez Booker (born July 31, 1976 in Marrero, Louisiana) is an American Football wide receiver who currently plays for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Chicago Bears in the third round (78th overall) of the 1999 NFL Draft. He played collegiately at Louisiana-Monroe.
- Adewale Ogunleye
Adewale Ogunleye (August 9, 1977) is an American football defensive end for the Chicago Bears. Ogunleye was traded to the Bears from Miami in a trade that also involved wide receiver Marty Booker.
- Olin Kreutz
Olin Kreutz (Born June 9, 1977 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American football player. He is a starting center and current member of the Chicago Bears.
- Garrett Wolfe
Garrett Wolfe (born August 17, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois) is a running back for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He played his collegiate football at Northern Illinois University, where he set several school rushing and scoring records. The Chicago Bears drafted Wolfe in the third round of the 2007 NFL Draft as the 93rd overall selection.
- Greg Olsen
Greg Olsen (born March 11, 1985 in Wayne, New Jersey) is a tight end for the Chicago Bears.
- Mike Singletary
Michael Singletary (born October 9, 1958 in Houston, Texas) is a former linebacker in American football who played his entire career for the Chicago Bears in the NFL, after starring in college at Baylor University, whose team is also known as the Bears. While with the Bears, Singletary was known as "The Heart of the Defense" for the Monsters of the Midway in the mid-1980s. His nickname is Samurai Mike.
- George Halas
George Stanley Halas (February 2 1895 - October 31 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American player, coach, owner and pioneer in professional football and the iconic longtime leader of the NFL's Chicago Bears.
- Mark Bradley
Mark Bradley is an American football wide receiver for the NFL's Chicago Bears. He was a second round pick out of the University of Oklahoma in the 2005 NFL Draft. Due to a season ending injury while playing the Detroit Lions, Bradley was a small part of the Bears 2005 offense, starting only 8 games, recording 18 receptions for 280 yards. Following an injury to Bernard Berrian during week nine of the 2006 season, Bradley became a productive asset for the Bears’ offensive.
- Hunter Hillenmeyer
Hunter Taverner Hillenmeyer (born October 28, 1980 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American football linebacker for the Chicago Bears in the NFL. He was originally selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round with the 31st pick of the 2003 NFL Draft. Hillenmeyer attended high school at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville. He attended college at Vanderbilt University.
- Brad Maynard
Bradley Alan Maynard (born February 9, 1974) is a punter and holder for the NFL's Chicago Bears. Maynard was selected by the New York Giants in the third round of the 1997 NFL Draft out of Ball State University where he was an All-American.
- Brendon Ayanbadejo
Oladele Brendon Ayanbadejo (pronounced day-joe, not day-ho) (born September 6, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American football linebacker and special teams standout who currently plays for the Chicago Bears of the NFL. Brendon is half Nigerian.
- Rashied Davis
Rashied Khalid Davis is an American football wide receiver for the Chicago Bears. He is an alumnus of San José State University. Prior to playing with the Bears, Davis played for the San Jose SaberCats of the Arena Football League.
- Jim McMahon
James Bobert "Jim" McMahon (born August 21, 1959 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is a former American football player, first at Brigham Young University and later in the professional ranks with the Chicago Bears. His father was Catholic and his mother Mormon; he was raised Roman Catholic, but attended BYU.
- Danieal Manning
Danieal Manning (born August 9, 1982 in Corsicana, Texas) is a professional American football free safety for the Chicago Bears. He was drafted with the 42nd pick in the 2006 NFL Draft from Abilene Christian University, which made him the first player from a non-Division I school to be selected that year (as well as the 2nd highest pick in the history of the school's football program). Before college, he was a highly touted defensive back at Corsicana High School.