Editing Chicago Bears (section)

===Mascots and cheerleaders===
{{main|Staley Da Bear|Chicago Honey Bears}}
[[File:Staleythebear.jpg|thumb|right|Staley Da Bear in 2008]]
Before the [[2003 Chicago Bears season|2003 season]], the team had two unofficial mascots named "Rocky" and "Bearman". "Rocky" was a man who donned a #1 Bears jersey, carried a [[megaphone]], and started chants all over Soldier Field during the 1970s, 1980s, and early 1990s, in a fashion similar to [[Fireman Ed]]. The identity of "Rocky" is unknown, but he presumably lives in northwestern Indiana.<ref name="Taylor">{{cite web | last=Taylor |first=Roy |date = 2005 | title = The Honey Bears, "Rocky" and "Bearman" | work = Bearshistory.com | url = http://www.bearshistory.com/sidelines/chicagohoneybears.aspx | access-date = May 1, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060420090157/http://www.bearshistory.com/sidelines/chicagohoneybears.aspx | archive-date = April 20, 2006 | url-status = live }}</ref> Don Wachter, also known as "Bearman", is a [[season ticket]] holder who decided in 1995 that he could also assist the team by cheerleading, similar to Rocky. The club allowed him to run across the field with a large Bears flag during player introductions and each team score (a role more recently done by the Bears 4th Phase and Bears captains). In 1996, he donned his "costume" of face paint, bear head and arms, and a number [[Doug Plank|46]] jersey. "Bearman" was forced to stop wearing his costume with the introduction of [[Staley Da Bear]] in 2003, but in 2005 Wachter was allowed in costume again.<ref name="Taylor"/>

Staley Da Bear is an [[anthropomorphic]] bear with a customized No. 00 jersey, with blue and orange eyes, synonymous with the team's main colors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player.asp?player_id=200 |title=Roster |publisher=Chicago Bears |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618110812/http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player.asp?player_id=200 |archive-date=June 18, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His name is eponymous to starch processing company [[A. E. Staley]], who founded the Bears' franchise. Like Rocky and Bearman, he entertains Bears fans, but like other [[List of National Football League mascots|NFL mascots]], and mascots in general, Staley also visits charity events, parties,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=5495 |title=Staley crashes Bears holiday party |publisher=Chicagobears.com |date=December 29, 2008 |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091026225336/http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=5495 |archive-date=October 26, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=6279 |title=Halloween is fun for Bears too |publisher=Chicagobears.com |date=November 6, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322200650/http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=6279 |archive-date=March 22, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Chicago Rush]] [[Arena Football League|AFL]] games, and other Bears-related events, as well as taking part in games with his "furballs" against youth football teams at halftime.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=6451 |title=Furballs foiled again |publisher=Chicagobears.com |date=December 30, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312083930/http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=6451 |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=5533 |title=Staley, friends fall to youth team |publisher=Chicagobears.com |date=January 16, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423112224/http://www.chicagobears.com/staley/StaleyStory.asp?story_id=5533 |archive-date=April 23, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The team had a [[National Football League Cheerleading|cheerleading squad]] called the [[Chicago Honey Bears]] beginning in 1976. However, Bears owner [[Virginia Halas McCaskey]] terminated them after the [[1985 Chicago Bears season|1985 season]].<ref name="Taylor"/> The squad's uniforms changed three times: from 1976 to 1979, the uniform was a white bodysuit with navy blue sleeves; from 1980 to 1984 it was a white bodysuit with orange sleeves and the navy was moved to the trim, and for the squad's final season in 1985, the uniform was redesigned with an orange sequin vest.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagohoneybears.net/history.htm |title=Chicago Honey Bears.net |publisher=Chicago Honey Bears.net |access-date=July 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225022/http://www.chicagohoneybears.net/history.htm |archive-date=October 3, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>