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Originally Posted by Tao_Moko
Thanks Leon. A little more history of the photo - I took this to the football HOF as a kid and they scanned the photo for their archives and told me it was the "Staley Bears" but I was young and don't remember more of the conversation. My guess is it was a team that reformed in Decatur after the original moved to Chicago.
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You are right that it's most likely a reformed team. The original Staleys team moved from Decatur to Chicago for the 1921 season and played at Cubs Park as the Chicago Staleys. In 1922 they changed their name to the Chicago Bears.