Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, fighting an intense battle with ALS, saw a longtime dream come true. He is now a near certainty to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2024.
The topic arose Monday morning at Steve McMichael’s bedside in Homer Glen, the notion that his call to the Pro Football Hall of Fame could be coming this week. Instantly, McMichael’s eyebrows rose and that bug-eyed look he has given for 65 years whenever he gets excited came forth. It was a goosebump moment., rendering him permanently incapacitated, McMichael’s smile still can push through the same way he did as a fearsome defensive tackle breaking through an offensive line.
That’s all McMichael ever needed, a reason to keep fighting. Out of loyalty to his football brothers and through his intense drive to squeeze every ounce of talent from himself and every drop of fun from the sport he loved, he played 191 consecutive regular-season games for the Bears from 1981-93. A dozen playoff games were mixed in, including three during the 1985 season when he and the Bears defense mauled their way to and through Super Bowl XX.
That’s what helps cement a man as a legend, a status McMichael has held in Chicago for almost 40 years. Now — along with fellow seniors committee finalists Art Powell and Randy Gradishar — he likely will become a Pro Football Hall of Famer. “All those years that you’re not in, you’re trying to forget about it. It’s in the back of your mind. It doesn’t happen. You get disappointed. And then when it happens and it hits you, it’s like your whole life flashes in front of you in one second.”“Every player has a certain agenda, if you will. It’s part of setting goals and trying to achieve things,” he said. “Who doesn’t want to be in the Hall of Fame? So, yes, this does matter for Steve. Yes, this is a part of the equation.
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