Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The former Chicago Bear was a player during the NFL strikes in 1982, 1987.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Former Chicago Bear and Lake Forest resident Emery Moorehead, a tight end on the Bears' 1985 Super Bowl team, talks more about the NFL lockout. See the video on the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch Facebook page, and like us.
Lake Forest's Emery Moorehead weighs in on Jay Cutler, and going through a strike year himself.
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Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch caught up with former Chicago Bear Emery Moorehead, a Lake Forest resident, who was a tight end on the Bears' 1985 Super Bowl champion. Moorehead was visiting the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Department's Chicago Bears Youth Football Camp last week where he spoke to campers being taught by former Bear Robin Earl. To hear Moorehead's comments, click on the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Facebook page.
Monday, July 4, 2011
He was a member of the 1985 Super Bowl Chicago Bears. Emery Moorehead talks football with youngsters attending the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation's camp last week at Deerpath Park run by former Bear Robin Earl.
Look for more from former Chicago Bear Emery Moorehead on the current Bears and the NFL lockout, coming exclusively to the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch Facebook page on Tuesday (July 5). Read the story on the Lake Forest Parks and Recreation Department's Chicago Bears Youth Football Camp held last week at Deerpath Park.
Former Chicago Bears player Robin Earl brings in former teammates like Emery Moorehead to talk about how football mirrors life.
Kevin Bires is a quarterback with professional aspirations. The 9-year-old, a fourth-grader at Cherokee School in Lake Forest, also plays in the city’s youth football program and on a traveling soccer team. When it comes to picking between the sports, Bires wants the football in his hands whether he is running with it or throwing it. He also likes the homespun feeling of football. “If I ever make it as a professional, I don’t want to go to Spain and hear them say ‘Ole,’ ” Bires said. “And those horns are annoying,” he added, referring to the vuvuzela, also called the stadium horn, at last year’s World Cup soccer competition in South Africa. Knowing how challenging the quest to become a professional athlete can be, former Chicago Bear …