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ITB: Halas escapes Eastland disaster

Jul 24, 2015

One hundred years ago on July 24, 1915, 20-year-old George Halas nearly boarded the Eastland before the doomed ship capsized. Chicago's greatest disaster almost reshaped the future of the Bears and the NFL.

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