January 25, 1955 – The Chicago Daily Tribune goes to press with the following headline on
Page One: Halas to Quit as Bears Coach After ’55. George H. Halas, the coach of the Bears for
three decades, will continue as president of the club that he organized in
Decatur, Illinois in 1920 and brought to Chicago the following year. Says Halas, “I decided to step down two years
ago. When we began rebuilding, I made up
my mind that as soon as were a strong contender again, so I could turn the club
over under the most favorable circumstances, I’d move out. I figured it would be about 1956. Fortunately, everything went according to
schedule. We’re contenders now, we’ll be
better next fall and by 1956 I won’t have to ask anybody to take over a
loser.” Halas kept his word, leaving the
team in the 1956 and 1957 campaigns, but he was back again in 1958 and coached
the team for another decade, winning his last championship with the club in
1963.
Also on this date from an earlier blog . . .
January 25, 1925 -- The Chicago Daily Tribune reports that because the roads through Lincoln Park are the only practical way of getting from the Loop to the residential sections of the city north of North Avenue, the park, originally designed for leisurely carriage rides, is dealing with 5,000 cars per hour passing through it. That volume comes at a cost. In 1924 there are 1,420 cars damaged in accidents with 499 people injured. The photo above shows Lake Shore Drive in the 1920's, looking north from Oak Street. At the end of the road is Lincoln Park, where things got really congested at North Avenue.
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