Michael Keller Ditka (born Michael Dyczko ; October 18, 1939) is a former American soccer player, coach, and commentator. A member of both College Football (1986) and Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988), he is Rookie Year 1961 UPI NFL of the Year, five times Pro Bowl selection and five times All-Pro ends tighter with Chicago Bears, Philadelphia Eagles, and Dallas Cowboys from the National Football League (NFL).
He is an NFL champion with the 1963 Bears, and is a three-time Super Bowl champion, playing on the Cowboys Super Bowl VI team and winning as an assistant coach for Cowboys in the Super Bowl XII, and training Bear for victory at Super Bowl XX. He was named for both the 50th NFL Team and the 75th Anniversary All-Time.
As a coach for Bear for 11 years, he twice became AP Coach and UPI NFL Year 1985 (1988 and 1988). He also trained the New Orleans Saints for three years.
Ditka and Tom Flores are the only people who won the NFL title as a player, assistant coach, and head coach. Ditka, Flores, Gary Kubiak, and Doug Pederson are also the only people in modern NFL history to win the championship as the team head coach he played before. Ditka was the only person participating in two Chicago Bears league championships, as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985.
He is known by the nickname "Iron Mike", which he says comes from his birth and grew up in a steel city in Pennsylvania.
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Ditka was born as Michael Dyczko in the Pittsburgh-area of ​​Carnegie, Pennsylvania on October 18, 1939. Charlotte's eldest son (Keller) and Mike Ditka Sr. he grew up near Aliquippa with his brothers Ashton, David, and Mary Ann. His father, a welder, is one of three brothers of Polish and Ukrainian families in coal mining and steel manufacturing areas in Western Pennsylvania. His ancestors on his mother's side were Irish and German. The Ukrainian family name "Dyczko" is difficult to pronounce in his hometown, so the surname changed to "Ditka." Ditka attends St. Titus School.
Under head coach Press Maravich, Ditka is a three-star sportsman at Aliquippa High School. Ditka hopes to get out of the job of his hometown manufacturer by attending college with a soccer scholarship. Planning to become a dentist, he was recruited by Notre Dame, Penn State, and the University of Pittsburgh.
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College career
Ditka played for the University of Pittsburgh from 1958 to 1960, where he also became a member of the Sigma Chi Brotherhood. He is a three athlete at Pitt, also playing baseball and basketball. He started all three seasons, led the team in receiving in each one, and also served as a team player. He is the choice of the main team unanimously in his senior year's All-America College Football Team. Ditka was immortalized at the College Football Hall of Fame in 1968.
NFL
Play career
Chicago Bears
The Chicago Bears composed all five Ditka overall in the 1961 NFL Draft, while Houston Oilers compiled it all eighth in the first round in 1961 AFL Draft. He signed a contract with Bear and his presence was immediately felt. In his first season, Ditka had 58 receptions, introducing a new dimension to a tight final position previously dedicated to blocking. He also scored 12 goals in reply, mostly done by the rookie Bears. His success earned him the Rookie of the Year award. He continues playing for the Bear over the next five years, getting Pro Bowl trips every season. He played in the 1963 NFL championship team. Many players from the team, including Ditka, were recruited by assistant coach George Allen, a future Hall of Fame, who was then responsible for the draft Bears. During the season, against the Los Angeles Rams, Ditka tied the Harlon Hill franchise record for the most received touchdown in a game with four. Ditka ranked first among the tightest and fourth edges in the history of the Bears by 4.503 meters, fifth in both reception (316) and touchdown catch (34).
Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys
Ditka traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1967 where he spent two seasons, before being sent to the Dallas Cowboys in 1969. He wore the number 98 in his first year with the Eagles. He then converts it back to the usual 89. He spent four seasons with the Cowboys, highlighted by a touchdown reception in a 24-3 Cowboys win over Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI. He is the only head coach in the history of the Super Bowl to score in the Super Bowl as a player.
Train a career
After retiring after the 1972 season, Ditka was soon hired as assistant coach by Cowboys head coach Tom Landry. Ditka spent nine seasons as an assistant coach with Cowboys. During his tenure, the Cowboys made eight playoffs, winning six division titles, three NFC Championships and a Super Bowl victory in 1977.
While working with Cowboys, Ditka sent a letter to George Halas, his former head coach who still owns the Chicago Bears. In the letter Ditka says that she wants to go back to Chicago and become head coach of Bear "when she is ready". Meanwhile, the Cowboys continue to win the game even though they did not win another Super Bowl when Ditka was there. His final match with the Cowboys was the 1981 NFC Championship Game, where the team fell to the San Francisco 49ers.
Chicago Bears
After dismissing previous coach Neill Armstrong after the 1981 season, Halas decided to bring Ditka from his bid several years earlier and hire him to become head coach of the team for the 1982 season. Although the Bears have made a playoff under Armstrong and his predecessor Jack Pardee, they are two seasons of victory only since Halas's retirement as a coach and he's looking for a coach who will bring the Bears back into prominence. Shortly after his recruitment, as Mike Singletary recalled in 2006, Ditka held a team meeting. In the meeting he warned that the team would experience some changes, but if they were all willing to work hard for him and stand with him, Ditka promised a trip to the Super Bowl in three seasons. Ditka specifically said, "Give me three years, and if you walk with me, we'll get to the dance."
In his third season, Ditka led the Bears to the NFC Championship Game, where the Bears were ruled out by 49ers who eventually won the Super Bowl in San Francisco. The following year, the career of Ditka's trainer peaked on January 26, 1986, with a 46-10 win over the New England Patriots at Super Bowl XX at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. Ditka has stated that one of the biggest regrets of his life is not allowing Walter Payton to score in the Super Bowl, instead choosing Jim McMahon to run it in twice and defensive rookie tackling William "The Refrigerator" Perry to run it all at once.
In 1985, Ditka led the Bears to a 15-1 record, and he was named the NFL Coach of the Year by the Associated Press after a regular season. Football commentators widely regarded defense in 1985 as one of the best ever. It was masterminded by defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, with little supervision from Ditka; In fact, Ditka and Ryan had a very opposite relationship to Ditka's assignment when Ryan, who had been a coaching staff when Ditka joined the Bears, felt that he should be promoted to the position of the coach. Despite the two men continuing to work together, the relationship continued to deteriorate and with Bear lagging behind with three goals in Monday night's weekend game against the Miami Dolphins which resulted in the team's only defeat, Ryan finally snapped up after Ditka, as she recounted in 2006 for the NFL Network, informed him that the defense scheme did not work. The two began throwing each other's blows and had to be separated, and Ditka said that the relationship at that time became unavoidable. In an unusual move, after the Bears Super Bowl victory, the players took Ryan and Ditka off the pitch. In addition, the 1985 Chicago Bears is one of several teams that consistently challenged the undefeated 1972 Dolphins for the unofficial title of "The Largest NFL Team of All Time". NFL Network's America's Game series rated the 1985 Bears as the second best Super Bowl champion ever.
Buddy Ryan left in 1986 to become head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. When asked if he was happy Ryan left, Ditka said he was not happy, but "happy". In 1986, 1987, and 1988, the Bears won the Central Division title and won three playoff games at home. The first of those years saw Bear complete the regular season with a 14-2 record to tie the New York Giants to the best in the entire league. However, the Bears were angered by the Washington Redskins in their first playoff game. The following year, the Bears finished second in the NFC with a 11-4 record, but was again deflected by the Redskins on the way to the Super Bowl team's second win of the decade. The Bears finished 12-4 in 1988 and gained homefield advantage, and beat Ryan Eagles in the Fog Bowl in their first game. However, the team is defeated by the 49ers in the NFC Game Championship and this will be the last time the team will advance that far until they win the 2006 Game NFC Championship.
Ditka suffered a heart attack during the 1988 season and is expected to lose most of the season, but is on the sidelines as a "counselor" next week and returns full-time a week later. He led the Bears to a 12-4 record and received the second Coach of the Year award from the AP.
The Bears started 4-0 in 1989, but a series of last-second losses eventually led to total collapse at the end of the season when the Bears finished 6-10. The Bears rallied to win the weak Central Division in 1990 and made the playoff as a wild card in 1991, but were eliminated convincingly in the preliminary round. After going down to 5-11 in the 1992 season, the Bears shot Ditka. His 106 victories are the second in Bear's history, behind only Halas.
On December 9, 2013, the jersey number of Ditka's Bears, 89, has retired during a halftime ceremony during Monday's Football Night in Chicago when the Bears host the Dallas Cowboys, for whom Ditka also plays and works as an assistant coach under the late Tom Landry. "Thank you, thank you, thank you, and go Bear!" Ditka tells the crowd.
New Orleans Saints
In 1997, Ditka was hired as head coach by the New Orleans Saints. After completing his first two seasons with the same 6-10 grades, Ditka was heavily criticized for trading all 1999 team draft picks (plus their first-round draft pick in 2000) to the Washington Redskins to ride in the draft and pick Texas RB Ricky Williams (Washington will then use picks to select future Pro Bowlers Champ Bailey, Jon Jansen, and LaVar Arrington). The trade was increasingly ridiculed because of the magazine cover where Ditka posed with Williams, who wore a wedding dress.
The 1999 season proved to be the worst in Ditka's coaching career and his frustration was shown in the local media. After training at the end of the season with the team sitting at 2-7, Ditka is very abrupt and dismissive reporter who she thinks asks stupid questions and is asked by one of them why she is in a bad mood. Ditka responded by asking the reporter, "what do you care?" When the reporter tries to follow up, he says, "if you're 2-7 you'll be in a bad mood as well." Soon Ditka walked away from the reporters and left.
The low point of the season came three weeks later because of the Falcons who lost the Ten Saints in eleven weeks. Ditka came to a postgame conference that looked emotionally exhausted and said he felt the Saints would be better off hiring others to train the team. Ditka claimed he "did not have it anymore," and told reporters that "God puts people in place for a reason, and he may put me here to be humiliated. He says that he is leaning towards leaving the Saints but will wait until after the season to do so unless he believes the team is already inclined to fire him. When asked if he believes the team will stop him, Ditka says that he does not believe it, saying that it is his responsibility to have a team ready to play and that he has "failed" in that role. After a few questions, Ditka walked away from the reporters and called the whole exercise "ridiculous".
Ditka was fired at the end of the year, along with team general manager Bill Kuharich and his entire coaching staff. The Saints finished at 3-13 for the second time in four years and in last place for the third time in five years. The team's last win came on Christmas Eve against the playoffs against the Dallas Cowboys at the end of their home; The Saints disappointed Cowboy behind Jake Delhomme, who later became Pro Bowler.
Over a total of 14 seasons as head coach, Ditka collected the regular 121-95 record and postseason 6-6 records.
Hall of Fame
In 1988, his frightening blocking and 427 career receptions for 5,812 yards and 43 goals earned him the honor of being the first tight end to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Ditka also scored two goals on an offensive recovery, tying seven other players to the most in NFL history. In 1999, he was ranked 90th on the The Sporting News list of the 100 Greatest Football Players.
Head coaching record
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NFL head coach under Mike Ditka:
- Tom Landry: Dallas Cowboys (1973-1981)
Assistant under Mike Ditka who is head coach of NCAA or NFL:
- Jack Del Rio: Jacksonville Jaguars (2003-2011), Oakland Raiders (2015-2017)
- Buddy Ryan: Philadelphia Eagles (1986-1990), Arizona Cardinals (1994-1995)
Broadcasting career
Almost immediately after his dismissal from Bear in 1992, Ditka took broadcasting work with NBC, working as an analyst at NFL Live and as a color commentator for many other NBC broadcasts. After he was dismissed by the Saints, Ditka joined CBS Sports, spending the 2000 and 2001 seasons as studio analyst on The NFL Today. She is currently a commentator on ESPN's NFL Live, ESPN Sunday NFL Countdown, and Monday Night Football CBS Radio-Westwood One pregame show. At his radio show, Ditka Coach was called "American Coach" by his best friend, Jim Gray. Beginning in 2006, Ditka appeared on the Seattle radio program, "Groz with Gas" at 950 KJR-AM Seattle, on Thursday afternoon with Dave Grosby and Mike Gastineau. Ditka regularly appeared on the radio station Chicago ESPN 1000 (WMVP-AM), often broadcast on Thursday morning from one of his eponymous restaurants along with the host ESPN 1000 in the morning Marc Silverman and Tom Waddle, a former Bears player under Ditka.
Ditka served as a color commentator for ESPN September 10, 2007, broadcast Monday Night Football , with Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic. He replicated this role in the second game of the doubleheader in 2008, as well. Ditka spent several years with ESPN working on NFL Countdown Sunday. In March 2016, ESPN and Ditka announced he would move to Sportscenter for remote broadcast analysis, as Ditka disliked the long journey from his home to the studio. This new role allows him to stay home, while retaining the role of analyst with the network.
Other businesses
In 1991, Ditka teamed up with Accolade to produce Mike Ditka's Ultimate Football computer game and Sega Mega Drive Mike Ditka Power football game. In 1995 Ditka starred as a football coach in a full-motion video game called Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka, released for Sega Saturn, PC, and 3DO. Quarterback Attack was re-released for Itunes and Google play in December 2016.
Ditka emerged as herself in episode 271 and last of the American TV sitcom Cheers .
Ditka also appeared as herself at the show "According to Jim," in the episode "Cars & Chicks".
Ditka appeared in several commercials for Montgomery Ward in the early 1990s, promoting their electronic department and equipment, known as Electric Avenue.
Ditka performed "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the Chicago Cubs game at Wrigley Field in 1998, the first season after the death of Harry Caray, who previously led the song. Chicago Now blogger Marcus Leshock made fun of the show, dub Ditka "the worst 7-inning singer in history."
Ditka was sworn in to the Polish-American National Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
Ditka also performs guest spot and brilliant acting on events from L.A. Law to Saturday Night Live , as well as Cheers , and Miles 3 of the Sun . In 2005, Ditka had a major role in comedy Kick & amp; Scream , play it yourself; he was recruited by Will Ferrell's character to become the assistant of a small league coach.
In January 2007, Ditka used a Super Bowl return from the Chicago Bears as a platform to promote efforts by many early NFL players who tried to increase support for former NFL players who needed money and medical help; he is a key member in the Gridiron Greats. Angry at the rich NFL for ignoring the players who helped create the league, Ditka and other former players have been trying to raise funds, in the words of Hall of Fame Joe DeLamielleure, "for the people who made this league and built it on their backs, their knees , their feet and now they are all broken and they can not even get a decent pension. "In the end, however, in December 2007, Ditka folded his" Hall of Fame Trust Fund Trust "amalgam amid the revelations," on in 2005, the group gave more money to pay celebrities to play golf than the group in all its three years of operation was given to injured players, "according to Laurie Styron of the American Institute of Philanthropy. During Super Bowl XLIV, Ditka (who is not in the original group) joins other members of the Chicago Chicago Bears in generating "Super Bowl Shuffle" in Boost Mobile commercials.
In the spring of 2007, Ditka worked alongside X Management and Hospitality Geneva to form Mike Ditka Resorts, which currently consists of two resorts in Orlando, Florida, area. Ditka has a restaurant chain, "Ditka's," which has two locations in Illinois, two in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and a new one in Phoenix, Arizona. Ditka found singer John Vincent, who has appeared in his Chicago restaurant since 2001. Vincent appeared in 20 different voices and sang National Anthems regularly for NFL, NBA, and MLB. Ditka and Vincent also have a record label together.
Ditka is co-owner of the Chicago Rush, the Football League Arena team. In August 2011, media reports noted that Ditka would be a financial investor for the new Indian Elite Football League, a proposed American soccer league that would be the first in India.
In 2012, Ditka partnered with Terlato Wines to produce its own wine collection, produced in California. The partnership comes from a 20-year friendship between Ditka and Bill Terlato and shares their love of sports and food and wine. Mike Ditka Wines first released in autumn 2012, including eight labels highlighting his career: "The Player" (2011 Pinot Grigio and 2010 Merlot), "The Coach" (2011 Sauvignon Blanc and 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon), "The Hall of Fame" (2011 Chardonnay and 2011 Pinot Noir), and the couple "The Restaurateur" which includes "The Icon" (2010 Cabernet Sauvignon) and "The Champion" (Blend Red 2010). "That same year Ditka and Camacho Cigars partnered and produced a cigar line called "The Mike Ditka Kickoff Series." This cigar is named to highlight the milestones of football career Coach Ditka: "The Player", The Coach ", and" The Hall of Fame ". All these cigars are produced in Honduras.
In 2013, Ditka and Vienna Beef partnered to make a Ditka Sausage, which will be eight inches long and a pound of third weight. The two types are "Hot Beef Polish Sausage" and "Chicken Sausage with Mozzarella and Sun-Dried Tomatoes".
Also in 2013, Ditka and former Bear midfielder Jim McMahon are featured in a new series of ads for online discount retailers Overstock.com.
In 2014, Ditka and Resultly partner to display their profile collection and products. Ditka's profile is shown in Resultly and he is used to interacting with the user about the collection he made from his favorite items from around the web.
In 2015, Ditka did some television commercials for McDonald's. He was seen wearing a Green Bay Packers sweater vest. Some will then question whether Ditka is "fiddling" with the Packers, as their six-match win streak stops three consecutive losses during ad serving (including a loss on Bears on Thanksgiving). An advanced advertisement will show Ditka threw a Packer sweater sweater out the window and wore a Bears sweater vest that he knows more after the contest ends. Just hours after the venue was aired, Packers went on to defeat the Vikings, ending the "curse".
Personal life
During the 1985 season he was arrested on Interstate 294 near O'Hare International Airport and later convicted for DUI after returning from a game against the San Francisco 49ers.
In the midst of a successful 1988 season, he suffered a heart attack, but bounced back quickly. In November 2012, he suffered a mild stroke at a suburban country club in Chicago. Later that day, Ditka reported that she felt "well now and that was no big deal."
From 1989 to 1997 Ditka lived in Bannockburn, Illinois.
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He is a practicing Roman Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus.
Political view
Ditka is known for his conservative vocal views. In July 2004, Ditka, a self-described "ultra-ultra-ultra conservative", reportedly considered against Democratic candidate, state senator Barack Obama, for an open seat in the US Senate for Illinois in the 2004 Senate election. The chair is being emptied by Peter Fitzgerald, a Republican, and Republican candidate Jack Ryan withdrew from the race amid controversy in late June, leaving Republicans in shackles. The local and national political leader, from Illinois Republican Leader Judy Baar Topinka, Chairman of the Republican National Senatorial Committee, Senator George Allen, whose father of the same name was assistant coach with Bear in the 1960s when Ditka played, met Ditka in a attempts to persuade him to fill the spot on the ticket. On July 14, Ditka announced that she would not seek nominations, on the grounds of personal and business considerations. His wife is against the runaway, and he operates a restaurant chain. Barack Obama went on to defeat Republican candidate, former US ambassador Alan Keyes, in a major election in November 2004.
In contrast to the above mentioned positions, Ditka appeared in an advertisement during Illinois's 2010 governor election for the current Democratic Governor, Pat Quinn. In the advertisement, Ditka states that, "[D] the right thing for the people who put you in the office is more important than what you can do for yourself in the office... and I think he'll do that. he understands that... and I think he's a good guy. "Quinn, at that time, was locked in a tight race against State Sen. Bill Brady, a conservative Republican from Bloomington. Quinn will continue to defeat Brady. Four years later, in 2014, Ditka appeared in a television campaign advertisement for Quinn Republican challenger Bruce Rauner, who defeated Quinn in the general election.
In October 2011, Ditka and the 1985 team went to the White House after they were absent in 1986 due to the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster. He presented President Obama with the Chicago Bears jersey with the number 85 on it with "Obama" behind him.
Ditka is a vocal supporter of Donald Trump's election campaign, saying "I support Trump along the way.
Some of Ditka's comments, especially regarding the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback quarterback Colin Kaepernick, have invited controversy because of Ditka's position with ESPN. Under the new social networking policy (implemented at the end of 2017 behind Curt Schilling's rebellion and Jemele Hill suspension), Ditka must refrain from making controversial statements, but make a series of statements at the end of 2017 that call for widespread condemnation. In a September interview with Dallas-based radio station Ditka was very critical of Kaepernick's protest, saying "I think it's a problem... Anyone who does not respect the country and this flag, if they do not like their country do not like us flags, get out." In the same interview, Ditka rejects social issues in America, saying "I do not see all the cruelty happening in this country that people say is happening, I see opportunities if people want to look for opportunities - now if they do not want to look for them - then You can find problems with anything but this is a land of opportunity because you can be whatever you want if you work.If you do not work, it's a different matter. "
Ditka's more controversial remarks came in October during the Bears/Vikings pregame show, when he said he did not believe that there had been persecution in America for the past 100 years: "There has been no oppression in the last 100 years that I know about. "Ditka was immediately criticized for his comments from various sources, including former New York Jets star Joe Namath, who said Ditka needed to" find the meaning of the persecution. "Find the definition of oppression, and you understand that it is obvious. , "Also from a columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times who says Ditka is" not Chicagoan "and"... a white man blind to the fate of the colored people in this country. "The NFL distanced itself from Ditka's comments, saying," "Everyone is entitled to an opinion.The League will not express that opinion, with any imagination." Ditka quickly explained his statement in a release, apologizing to anyone who may have been offended by his comment: "The characterization of the statements that I make does not reflect the context of the questions I answer and certainly does not reflect my views throughout my life.I have actually seen public oppression in the last 100 years and I really do not tolerate any discrimination. "
See also
- Bill Swerski's Superfans
- List of celebrities with wineries and vineyards
- List of National Football League head coaches with 50 wins
References
External links
- Career and player information statistics from NFL.com Ã, Â · Pro-Football-References Ã, Â · Databasefootball.com
- Mike Ditka's Restaurant
- Mike Ditka in Pro Football Hall of Fame
- Mike Ditka on IMDb
- Sports Reference - college statistics - Mike Ditka
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