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Staley Field in Decatur, Illinois , United States, was the home of the Decatur Staleys club of the American Professional Football Association in 1920, coached and managed by the young George Halas .
Decatur Staleys, 1920
The team was owned by the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company , for which Staley Field was the company athletic field.[1] According to Michael Benson's Ballparks of North America , the field was located at Eldorado and 22nd Streets. In fact, the Staley company's own address is 2200 East Eldorado Street, so presumably Staley Field occupied a piece of the company's grounds. It was also used by the Decatur entry in the Three-I League in 1915 and 1922–23.[2]
Although the Staley football team was popular in 1920, it struggled financially, partly due to Staley Field's 1,500 seating capacity. Fans were charged $1 to attend games and company employees received a 50 percent discount, which was not economically feasible for the Staleys and prompted Halas to move games to Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field ) in Chicago.[3]
The Staley company sold the team to Halas and his partners, who transferred the team to Wrigley Field in Chicago in 1921. As part of the deal, they operated under the "Staley" name for one more season. They proceeded to win the APFA championship that season. For 1922, they renamed themselves the Chicago Bears in order to associate themselves with their landlords.[4]
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Personnel:
Television:
WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox , official pre-game and post-game alternate)
Marquee Sports Network (official post-game and in-season programming)
Personnel:
Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter)
Adam Amin (pre-season play-by-play)
Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)
Current league affiliations
Early era:1920 –1940
League Park (Akron) (Akron Pros)
Armory Park (Toledo Maroons)
Baker Bowl (Philadelphia Eagles)
Bellevue Park (Green Bay Packers)
Bison Stadium (Buffalo Bison/Rangers)
Borchert Field (Milwaukee Badgers, Green Bay Packers)
Bosse Field (Evansville Crimson Giants)
Braves Field (Boston Braves, Boston Yanks)
Buffalo Baseball Park (Buffalo All-Americans)
League Field (Canton) (Canton Bulldogs)
City Stadium (Green Bay Packers)
Clarkin Field (Hartford Blues)
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Rams)
Comiskey Park (Chicago Cardinals)
Commercial Field (New York Brickley Giants)
Crosley Field (Cincinnati Reds)
Cubs Park/Wrigley Field (Chicago Tigers, Hammond Pros, Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals)
Cycledrome (Providence Steam Roller)
Dinan Field (Detroit Wolverines, Detroit Lions)
Douglas Park (Rock Island Independents)
Duluth's Athletic Park (Duluth Kelleys/Eskimos)
East Hartford Velodrome (Hartford Blues)
Ebbets Field (New York Brickley Giants, Brooklyn Lions, Brooklyn Dodgers)
Eclipse Park (Louisville Breckenridges)
Fenway Park (Boston Braves, Boston Yanks)
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh Pirates/Steelers)
Frankford Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets)
Griffith Stadium (Washington)
Hagemeister Park (Green Bay Packers)
Horlick Field (Racine Legion, Racine Tornadoes)
Kinsley Park (Providence Steam Roller)
Knights of Columbus Stadium (Orange Tornadoes)
Lakeside Park (Canton Bulldogs)
League Park (Cleveland Tigers, Indians/Bulldogs, Rams)
Lexington Park (Minneapolis Marines)
Luna Park (Cleveland Panthers)
Minersville Park (Pottsville Maroons)
Muehlebach Field (Kansas City Blues/Cowboys)
Nash Field (Kenosha Maroons)
Navin Field/Briggs Stadium (Detroit Heralds/Tigers, Panthers, Lions)
Neil Park (Columbus Wagner Pirates)
Newark Schools Stadium (Newark Tornadoes)
Newark Velodrome (Newark Tornadoes)
Nickerson Field (Boston Braves)
Nicollet Park (Minneapolis Marines/Red Jackets)
Normal Park (Chicago Cardinals)
Parkway Field (Louisville Brecks)
Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)
Polo Grounds (New York Giants, New York Brickley Giants)
Shaw Stadium (Cleveland Rams)
Shibe Park (Philadelphia Eagles)
Spartan Municipal Stadium (Portsmouth Spartans)
Sportsman's Park (St. Louis All-Stars, St. Louis Gunners)
Staley Field (Decatur Staleys)
Star Park (possible , Syracuse Pros)
Swayne Field (Toledo Maroons)
Thompson Stadium (Staten Islands Stapletons)
Triangle Park (Dayton Triangles)
Wisconsin State Fair Park (Green Bay Packers)
Yankee Stadium I (New York Yankees, New York Giants)
Post-War and Pre-Merger era:1941 –1969
Alumni Stadium (Boston Patriots)
Astrodome (Houston Oilers)
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium (Atlanta Falcons)
Balboa Stadium (San Diego Chargers)
Baltimore Memorial Stadium (Baltimore Colts)
Bears Stadium/Mile High Stadium (Denver Broncos)
Briggs Stadium/Tiger Stadium (Detroit Lions)
Busch Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
Busch Memorial Stadium (St. Louis Cardinals)
Cleveland Stadium (Cleveland Browns)
Comiskey Park (Chicago Cardinals, Card-Pitt)
Shibe Park/Connie Mack Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles, Phil-Pitt Steagles)
Cotton Bowl (Dallas Texans, Dallas Cowboys)
District of Columbia Stadium/RFK Memorial Stadium (Washington Redskins)
Dyche Stadium (Chicago Bears)
Ebbets Field (Brooklyn Dodgers/Tigers)
Fenway Park (Boston Yanks, Boston Patriots)
Forbes Field (Pittsburgh Steelers, Phil-Pitt Steagles, Card-Pitt)
Frank Youell Field (Oakland Raiders)
Franklin Field (Philadelphia Eagles)
Griffith Stadium (Washington Redskins)
Harvard Stadium (Boston Patriots)
Jeppesen Stadium (Houston Oilers)
Kansas City Municipal Stadium (Kansas City Chiefs)
Kezar Stadium (San Francisco 49ers, Oakland Raiders)
League Park (Cleveland Rams)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles Rams, Los Angeles Chargers)
Metropolitan Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)
Miami Orange Bowl (Miami Dolphins)
Milwaukee County Stadium (Green Bay Packers)
Nickerson Field (Boston Patriots)
Nippert Stadium (Cincinnati Bengals)
Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum (Oakland Raiders)
Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)
Pitt Stadium (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Polo Grounds (New York Giants, New York Bulldogs, New York Titans/Jets)
Rice Stadium (Houston Oilers)
Riverfront Stadium (Cincinnati Bengals)
San Diego Stadium (San Diego Chargers)
Shea Stadium (New York Jets)
Tulane Stadium (New Orleans Saints)
War Memorial Stadium (Buffalo Bills)
Wisconsin State Fair Park (Green Bay Packers)
Wrigley Field (Chicago Bears, Chicago Cardinals)
Yankee Stadium I (New York Yanks, New York Giants)
Current era:1970 –present Stadiums used by NFL teams temporarily
†= Team's stadium under construction or refurbishment at time 1 = A team used the stadium when their permanent stadium was unable to be used as a result of damage.