He did not make the event. The birthday bash has been held several years in a row, as a way to show respect for Ditka on and off the field. Some attendees don fake bushy mustaches, to mimic their ...

He did not make the event. The birthday bash has been held several years in a row, as a way to show respect for Ditka on and off the field. Ditka, a former tight end, coached the Bears for 11 seasons.

After all, it was on Jan. 20, 1982 that the Bears hired a former tight end named Mike Ditka, then the special teams coordinator with the Dallas Cowboys, as the 10 th coach in franchise history.

Not long after learning the news that his former defensive coordinator had passed away, former Bears head coach Mike Ditka took to the airwaves to give his thoughts on the Not long after learning ...