Editing Chicago Bears (section)

==Minor league affiliates==
The NFL, contrary to the four other major sports leagues in North America, don't have a formal [[farm system]] (beside the short lived [[Association of Professional Football Leagues]]), and over the years some teams had "independent" minor affiliates throughout their existence. The Bears, along with the [[New York Giants]], were at the forefront of those endeavors when in 1939 Halas purchased the [[American Association (American football)|American Association]]'s [[Newark Tornadoes]] and renamed them the "Bears".<ref name=CC2>{{cite news|last1=Gill|first1=Bob|title=Nothing minor about it: The American Association/AFL of 1936–50|url=http://www.profootballresearchers.org/archives/Website_Files/Coffin_Corner/12-02-398.pdf|work=The Coffin Corner|date=December 1, 1990}}</ref> Halas stocked the team with talent that did not make the Chicago roster, and used the club to incubate talent and for easy return for injured players, thus making it pro football's first true farm team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.njsportsheroes.com/football.history.html|title=Football.History|website=www.njsportsheroes.com}}</ref> Newark's most notable names included [[Joe Zeller]] as coach and [[Gene Ronzani]] (that year Chicago also assigned [[Sid Luckman]] to Newark playoff game, which the Bears won 13–6, to win the Southern Division title). This practice continued sporadically until 1972, and ended with the collapse of several minor leagues along with the [[National Football League Players Association|NFL labor disputes in the 1970s]].<ref name="NFLPA history">{{cite web|title=History|url=https://www.nflplayers.com/about-us/History/|publisher=NFL Players Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011092613/http://www.nflplayers.com/About-us/History/|archive-date=October 11, 2010|access-date=October 2, 2011}}</ref>

Other notable players assigned includes: [[George Gulyanics]], [[Ed Ecker]], [[Lloyd Reese]], [[Raymond R. Schumacher|Raymond Schumacher]], [[Jack Karwales]] and [[Doug McEnulty]].

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!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Team
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|League
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Location
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Stadium
!style="{{NFLPrimaryStyle|Chicago Bears|border=2}};"|Affiliated
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!scope="row"| [[Orange/Newark Tornadoes|Newark Bears]]
| [[American Association (American football)|American Association]]
| [[Newark, New Jersey]]
| [[Newark Schools Stadium]]
| 1939–1941
|-
!scope="row"| [[Wichita Aero Commandos]]
| Independent
| [[Wichita, Kansas]]
| [[Lawrence–Dumont Stadium|Lawrence Stadium]]
| 1942
|-
!scope="row"| [[George Halas#Akron Bears|Akron Bears]]{{efn|Halas also owned the [[Newark Tornadoes#Tornadoes and Bears in the American Association|Newark Bombers]], but it acted as an independent team.}}
| [[American Association (American football)|American Football League]]
| [[Akron, Ohio]]
| [[Rubber Bowl]]
| 1946<ref>{{Cite web|title=1946 Akron Bears (AFL)|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1946aflakr.html|website=Pro Football Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221129114437/https://www.profootballarchives.com/1946aflakr.html |archive-date=November 29, 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Bloomfield Cardinals]]
| [[American Association (American football)|American Football League]]
| [[Bloomfield, New Jersey]]
| [[Bloomfield College|Foley Field]]
| 1947<ref>{{Cite web|title=1947 Bloomfield Cardinals (AFL)|url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/1947aflblo.html|website=Pro Football Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127134826/https://www.profootballarchives.com/1947aflblo.html |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| [[Richmond Rebels (Dixie League)|Richmond Rebels]]
| [[American Association (American football)|American Football League]]
| [[Richmond, Virginia]]
| [[City Stadium (Richmond)|City Stadium]]
| 1948–1950
|-
!scope="row"| [[Quad City Mohawks]]
| [[Midwest Professional Football League]]
| [[Davenport, Iowa]]
| [[Quad Cities Landmarks|Brady Street Stadium]]
| 1970-1972<ref>{{Cite web|title=1970 Quad City Mohawks (MWPFL)|url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/1970mwpflqc.html|website=Pro Football Archives |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930131100/http://www.profootballarchives.com/1970mwpflqc.html |archive-date=September 30, 2015 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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