8 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED | AUGUST 26–SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
LEADING OFF FOLLOW @SIFULLFRAME
FADED
GLORY
LEFT: NFL co-
founder (and
player/coach)
George Halas
(18) and his
fellow Bears
watch from the
sideline in 1925.
BELOW: A 1927
Packers game
reveals the NFL’s
industrial roots.
RIGHT: Paddy
Driscoll, the Tom
Brady of his day,
was a six-time
All-Pro and led
the Chicago
Cardinals to the
’25 title.