By Richard Whittingham, Foreword by Mike Singletary, Introduction by John Mullin
Trade Paper Price 14.95
Trade Paper, PDF, EPUB, Mobipocket
ISBN 9781629370088
Published Sep 2014
Featuring exclusive interviews with the greatest players in team history, Richard Whittingham’s We Are the Bears is the definitive story of this classic NFL franchise, told by the men who built it. This oral history of the team, which features numerous legends—including Mike Singletary, Mike Ditka, Gayle Sayers, Dan Hampton, and many others—will delight fans of all ages.
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal>This book is the story of one of the greatest football teams in the history of the NFL: the '85 Bears. They were, for a brief, magical moment, a band of eccentrics who went from nobodies to rock stars and cult figures—they took America on a wild ride in the middle of one of the wildest times in history. <I>The</I> <I>Rise and Self-Destruction of the Greatest Football Team in History</I> reveals all the stories from that year, like how Walter Payton ended up hiding in a storage closet and why the team collapsed under the weight of its own greatness.