Lord Halas Fantasy Football League honors the founder of what we know as the Chicago Bears by naming the trophy after A.E. Staley. The Chicago Bears are one of only two charter members of the National Football League still in existence. Their 1,000-game history started in Decatur, Ill. in 1920 when the Staley Starch Company decided to sponsor a football team. Then on September 17, 1920, the Staleys, with George Halas as their representative, joined the American Professional Football Association, which was renamed the National Football League in 1922.
In 1921, the Staley Starch Company gave Halas the team, $5,000 and permission to move the team to Chicago if he would agree to keep the Staleys name for a year. The Staleys won the 1921 league championship. A year later, the team was renamed the Chicago Bears.
The Staley Cup is to be awarded annually to the Lord Halas Fantasy Football League playoff winner. The Staley Cup is not created each year, the winner keeps the cup until a new champion is crowned.
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