Mike Ditka yitabye Imana afite imyaka 86

Imbaraga ni zo zamuranze Abantu bamuhaye amazina menshi: "Iron Mike" na "Da Coach". Yabaye igishushanyo cy'imbaraga n'ubutwari mu mupira w'amaguru w'Abanyamerika. Yakozwe n'inganda mu buryo bwinshi: bamukoreye igipupe cya bobblehead, imyambaro ya Halloween, ndetse n'umuhanda witwa "Mike Ditka Way". Yanamamaje ibicuruzwa bitabarika, kuva ku nzoga n'itabi kugeza ku ndege n'amacumbi. Se, Mike Ditka Sr., yari umukozi w'uruganda rw'ibyuma n'umuyobozi w'abakozi. Yamureze mu rukundo rukakaye. Ditka ubwe yavuze ko ubuzima bwe bwose bwari bushingiye ku guhangana: "Buri mukino wari igitutsi kuri jye." Umukinnyi utagira uwo asa Ditka yize muri Kaminuza ya Pittsburgh, aho yakinaga imikino itatu ku mupira w'amaguru, akaba yaranabaye uwa gatandatu mu majwi y'igikombe cya Heisman mu 1960. George Halas yamuhinduye "tight end" wa mbere w'ibihe bigezweho muri NFL. Mu mwaka we wa mbere yafashe imipira 56 ku ntera ya yards 1,076, atsinda touchdown 12. Mu 1963 yagize uruhare rukomeye mu gutwara igikombe cya NFL cya Bears, cyane cyane ku nzira ye y'ibyiza ya yards 63 yitwa "iyiruta izindi" na George Allen. Yaje kuvanwa muri Bears mu 1966 yoherezwa muri Eagles, nyuma ajya muri Cowboys, aho yafashije ikipe gutwara Super Bowl VI mu 1971. Mu 1988 yabaye "tight end" wa mbere winjijwe muri Pro Football Hall of Fame, naho Bears yasezereye nimero ye 89. Umutoza wubatse Bears y'amateka Ku itariki ya 20 Mutarama 1982, Halas yamugize umutoza, nubwo benshi bibazaga niba yarasaze. Ditka yabwiye abakinnyi be ati abatsinda Super Bowl bazaza, ariko kimwe cya kabiri cyabo kitazaba kihari. Mu 1985, Bears ye yatsinze imikino 12 ya mbere, itsindwa umwe gusa na Dolphins. Yatwaye Super Bowl XX itsinda Patriots 46-10. Iyo kipe yamenyekanye cyane ku mico y'abakinnyi bayo nka Walter Payton, Jim McMahon na William "Refrigerator" Perry, Ditka yakoresheje nk'umukinnyi wo gutera imbere. Ibyiza n'ibibi Nyuma ya Super Bowl, ikipe yatangiye guhura n'ibibazo. Ditka yarwanaga n'abakinnyi be n'itangazamakuru, kandi yamamazaga ibicuruzwa byinshi, bituma habaho itandukaniro hagati ye n'abakinnyi. Mu 1987 yise abakinnyi bigaragambyaga "abiyemera", bituma Mike Singletary avuga ko ari bwo hatangiye gusubira inyuma. Mu 2020 yabwiye itangazamakuru ati: "Nashoboraga kurya igice kinini cy'agasuzuguro." Yirukanywe mu 1992 nyuma y'umwaka wa 5-11. Yagarutse mu 1997 atoza Saints, ariko mu 1999 ikipe itsinda imikino 3 gusa muri 16, ahagarika gutoza. Icyubahiro kiramiha Ikipe ya Bears yavuze ko ingaruka ze ku ikipe "zitabarika". Ditka yabaye uwa kabiri mu bagize uruhare rukomeye mu mateka ya Bears nyuma ya Halas. Ditka yigeze kuvuga ati: "Bears ni ubuzima bwanjye bwose. Ndi Bear, kandi nzahora ndi Bear."