- Longtime coach and owner of the National Football League's Chicago Bears.
- Before he started his football career, in 1919 he played in 12 games for the New York Yankees. In 22 at-bats he had 2 singles (batting .091) and 8 strikeouts.
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 352-354. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.
- Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963 (inaugural class).
- A founder of the American Professional Football Association in 1920, which was renamed the National Football League 2 seasons later.
- Graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's School of Engineering.
- Inducted into the University of Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017 (inaugural class).
- Inducted into the Rose Bowl Game Hall of Fame in 2018.
- Inducted into the Grainger [College of] Engineering Hall of Fame (at the University of Illinois) in 2016.
- Inducted into the Chicagoland [Illinois] Hall of Fame in 1979.
- The annual George Halas Award is given by the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA) to "an NFL player, coach, or staff member who overcomes the most adversity to succeed." The first recipient was Joe Namath in 1969.
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