The fifth NFL Draft was held Dec. 9, 1939, at the Schroeder Hotel, now the Hilton Milwaukee. The meeting was conducted in the Empire Ballroom, started at 2 p.m. and was over "within a few hours," ...

The 1940 NFL draft was held in Milwaukee. The draft was actually in December 1939, before the NFL Championship Game hosted by the Green Bay Packers. The draft was at what's now the Hilton Milwaukee ...

"NFL 100 Greatest" ranks the top 100 teams in NFL history, and the 1940 Chicago Bears land at the No. 88 spot. "NFL 100 Greatest" counts down the top 100 characters in NFL history, and Carolina ...

In the 1940 NFL Championship Game, Washington’s defense allowed seven rushing touchdowns in a 73-0 loss to the Bears, the most lopsided result in NFL history. No team had ever given up seven rushing ...

NFL Football has been around longer than many of its long-time fans. The NFL is over 100 years old, meaning the league is older than most people, let alone the NFL fans of all 32 of its historic ...