The Bears franchise has been a part of the NFL from the league's beginning. In that time the team has won eight NFL Championships and one Super Bowl in two appearances.The Bears have been proudly represented by hundreds of players and coaches in its long history. There are 30 in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who have been a member of the Chicago Bears for anywhere from one season to their entire career. Of those, 13 have their uniform numbers retired, the most of any team in the NFL.It may seem a nearly impossible task to pick four out of all those greats to put on a mountain as icons of the team but here are four who best embody the spirit of the Chicago Bears.
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