Steve 'Mongo' McMichael diagnosed with ALS; reminisced on Bears glory with teammates 'Fridge,' Dent

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 เม.ย. 2021
  • Bears legend Steve "Mongo" McMichael revealed today that he's been diagnosed with ALS. "Windy City LIVE" spoke with McMichael and fellow 1985 Chicago Bears superstars Richard Dent and William Perry (aka "The Fridge") in 2016 to mark the 30th anniversary of their Super Bowl win. The teammates reflected on their training camp antics and discussed their closeness.
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  • @crimsontide1980
    @crimsontide1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    I just cant wrap my head around it........this was only 7 years ago, and Mongo still looked to be a beast, and the amount of irreparable damage ALS has done to him in a matter of a couple years......just unreal. I hate hes going through this awful disease, feel bad for him and his family. Wouldnt wish it on anybody

    • @Edoeg657
      @Edoeg657 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Same here I used to like him as a wrestler he had charisma and was a tough conpetitor he just had that image and demeanor when he walked to the ring😢. Blessings his way and his family

    • @TeamRocketHQR
      @TeamRocketHQR 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Edoeg657 Always have had respect for him on the gridiron and in a wrestling ring. I hate it so much too. Just we all need to pray for his recovery. And help him anyway we can and support him.

  • @georgeharleydavidsonrider156
    @georgeharleydavidsonrider156 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    1985 Chicago Bears the greatest team in NFL history

    • @zonapainter
      @zonapainter 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣😂😅

    • @citygirl5705
      @citygirl5705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Owyn Dietert Did you watch their 1985 season? Didn't think so.

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      For certain had the best defense of any team in NFL history. Offensively they were great also. Matter of opinion whether as a team they were the best, but they have my vote.

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol..WTF is WRONG with you?

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@crimsontide1980lol

  • @jimpress8478
    @jimpress8478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    That was an era when men played football and didn't complain about getting hit hard or breaking a bone they just taped it up and hit you harder unlike the players today.

    • @velvetbear7184
      @velvetbear7184 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Steve mcmichael said it best about mercenaries.... its everything wrong with sports today, no heart, no team, too much money.... sad

    • @fivehundrediq5212
      @fivehundrediq5212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You clearly don’t care about player safety

    • @jimpress8478
      @jimpress8478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fivehundrediq5212 They know the risk. if they don't wanna get hit hard they should start a flag football league for the crybabies

    • @jimpress8478
      @jimpress8478 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@fivehundrediq5212 Ask the old school NFL players if they would change anything they will tell you NO and that the players today are too damn soft

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      WTF is WRONG with you?

  • @Grgaforniateezy
    @Grgaforniateezy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I saw Refrigerator Perry at Applebees in Augusta, GA back in the day and he was the nicest guy. Just at the bar having a beer and was sociable with everyone. Class act

  • @Buddycoop1
    @Buddycoop1 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The '85 Bears were the Citizen Kane of the NFL. Best ever and no sequel.

  • @camoanddonuts7894
    @camoanddonuts7894 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    God Mongo telling it like it is
    Fridge as sweet as ever
    Dent is a badass, like forever

  • @rrmorris67
    @rrmorris67 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I was a senior in High School in Lake Forest of all places when all that 85 Super Bowl run happened. Greatest defense ever. Greatest Super Bowl champion ever. Period. I don;t care what anybody says. Greatest collection of personalities you will ever find. Jim McMahon was a hero to all of us budding wise asses in the suburbs. God Bless these guys, especially Mongo right now.

    • @harrymiram6621
      @harrymiram6621 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not personalities....Characters!-lol...Loved that 46 Defense! EVERY team--high school, college & pro--tries to emulate that team. But you NEED Unconditional Trust/Commitment! As saying goes--"Often Imitated, NEVER Dupilcated!"...SALUTE Dem Bears!

  • @battlestarmarc
    @battlestarmarc 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    1985 Bears were unreal. Should have won more super bowls in the 80's.
    Their defense was so dominate in 1985.

  • @uscgbmcmretired2490
    @uscgbmcmretired2490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    44 - 0 in Dallas! Best game of the '85 Bears in my opinion! Thanks from a Chicago native who remembers every minute!

    • @mikehodges4629
      @mikehodges4629 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Packers fan here. Your Bears suck now! Lol

    • @uscgbmcmretired2490
      @uscgbmcmretired2490 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mikehodges4629 Thanks Mike, you don't have to remind us!!

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No love lost between Bears and Packers fans😂😂😂😂 At least both of you have been alive to witness your respective teams win a SB. I'm still waiting for my team.....losing confidence it'll happen in my lifetime.

  • @patmccann5881
    @patmccann5881 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Lucky I got to watch 85bears. Bear down. Best defense ever all time

    • @michaeledwards4555
      @michaeledwards4555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huh noooo

    • @brandonsanmann2035
      @brandonsanmann2035 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I Still Remember That Team Sometimes Like Yesterday & My Heart Goes 2 Mongo As He Battles ALS

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol..Foolish and NOT true

  • @bengolfs1
    @bengolfs1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Sweetness, Fridge, Gault, Dent, McMichael, McMahan...greatest SB team of all-time.

    • @StayPosted81
      @StayPosted81 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And you’re missing like 10 other names. The team was so damn good. Fencik. Mongo. Hampton.

    • @BAKER22-l4u
      @BAKER22-l4u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol..WTF is WRONG with you?

  • @brentlittle8075
    @brentlittle8075 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Man my Brother- in -law had it. Its the worst. God Bless this dude.

  • @Staceyatkinson4496
    @Staceyatkinson4496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mike s and r dent were my fav bears from the team

  • @Cchisox3
    @Cchisox3 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    One of the greatest defenses of all time. I remember meeting all three of this players when I worked at soldier field back in 2004/2005. During the twenty anniversary of superbowl xx

  • @georgemclaughlin19
    @georgemclaughlin19 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Most terrifying D-Line I ever have seen... I was 2 when they won that SB and am from downstate illinois, my dad was/is a dikta fan... so I grew up a bears fan... and I am greatful to have watched/listened to (from my crib mind you) this team play...

  • @byroncole7548
    @byroncole7548 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    These guys are class 👏

  • @fan4life345
    @fan4life345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Epic team , great memories

  • @HotWheels1010
    @HotWheels1010 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Devastated. Loved hearing Mongo on Bears pregame radio.

    • @joeblough261
      @joeblough261 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know, right? I had been wondering what happened to him. I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple of times and he was so personable and likeable. Also I've been to his sports bar in Bolingbrook many times, there's so much great memorabilia there. But even though I don't know him personally, I'm just devastated b/c ALS is arguably the single worst disease you can have, and a close family friend went through it. And Mongo's daughter is only about 13 years old. :-(

    • @HotWheels1010
      @HotWheels1010 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@joeblough261 Yes it is horrible 😔. My friend’s mother had it. Worst disease you can have.

    • @ynotttt
      @ynotttt 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s horrible news. You can see here must be 2015 was great guy he is. I don’t know if it’s football related....but that doesn’t make it any easier to digest.

  • @citygirl5705
    @citygirl5705 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I became a Bears fan in 1984, the year before they became so popular.
    So I can say I didn't jump on the bandwagon, like a lot of their fans.

  • @stefanrittenbery1850
    @stefanrittenbery1850 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    above greatness this whole team god bless them bears

  • @Alphamales4Trump
    @Alphamales4Trump 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    WHEN ATHLETES WERE NONPOLITICAL AND GREAT
    "WE ARE THE BEARS SHUFFLING CREW"
    GOD BLESS GENTLEMEN 👍🏻

    • @MonacoLager1
      @MonacoLager1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know, people like Curt Schilling are ruining the spirit of baseball, so I feel your pain.

  • @Genkimark
    @Genkimark 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    God bless Mongo. He doesn't have much longer to live now.

    • @michaelkampfert639
      @michaelkampfert639 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks captain obvious.

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeh but what a ride its been!

    • @alaneiler2361
      @alaneiler2361 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Meeting Mongo was was a huge part of my life!! The day when my mother passed he let me wear his Super Bowl Ring all night! He is a very great guy, and my mom is watching over him to make sure he can be strong!! 🍻

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@alaneiler2361 I didn't know he was Ill till a few days ago.I'm his age so it makes you reflect.ya never know,live each day like its your last!

    • @crimsontide1980
      @crimsontide1980 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He may not live many years longer but look at the fight he's putting up. He will at least go down swinging, he's just as tough now as he was 30 years ago. God bless him, I know he's got it bad

  • @franklinbolander1916
    @franklinbolander1916 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    GREAT STUFF!

  • @charlesbennett7688
    @charlesbennett7688 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great player get well

  • @richardneal6200
    @richardneal6200 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing that Da Bears weren't a dynasty. Team was young and loaded

    • @effend446
      @effend446 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They all let their egos get in their way, including Da Coach

  • @boscopit
    @boscopit 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Fridge! From right here in Aiken, SC!

    • @Grgaforniateezy
      @Grgaforniateezy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I used to see him when I lived in Augusta

  • @timg2088
    @timg2088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Greatest defense I've ever seen.
    Nobody could stop the 46 Defense that year!

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dan the man Marino could.

    • @citygirl5705
      @citygirl5705 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardmorris7063 Yeah, but McMahon didn't play. If the Bears met them again in the Super Bowl, it would have been a different story. Sucks that they played the Pats instead of Miami again.

    • @richardmorris7063
      @richardmorris7063 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@citygirl5705 i forgot that detail,but quick release Dan beat the " D" that day,one could speculate they would have won the super bowl but they were human on that nite

    • @citygirl5705
      @citygirl5705 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@richardmorris7063 Yep, Miami fans will say they would have won, Bears fans will say they would have. Too bad we'll never know.
      But the Bears did absolutely demolish the Pats team that just beat Miami.

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The dolphins stopped them in Miami 38-6 Monday night

  • @JoeyVoices
    @JoeyVoices 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real men!

  • @Chris-yh2zz
    @Chris-yh2zz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I loved the Bears in 1985. They were the team and I learned about football. I learned about the players and what position they played. And to win the Superbowl.....SWEET !!

    • @enniswhalen2428
      @enniswhalen2428 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @ C Hey, ONE bad night in the Miami heat, a couple of "strange' referee calls. . . . who knows . . . .

  • @jerryglen986
    @jerryglen986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Physical football like 85 bears are over. Soft football today

  • @williamgallucci9913
    @williamgallucci9913 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Class times 3

  • @woodrowcook3107
    @woodrowcook3107 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Maybe everyone except Tony Eason became a Bears fan. 🙂

  • @joeshipley666
    @joeshipley666 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Only one team in history gave up less points and less rushing yards in a single season than the 85 Bears.

  • @user-hh1xh5my4p
    @user-hh1xh5my4p 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They pitched 2 shutouts in the playoffs!

  • @murderinc.hunting7686
    @murderinc.hunting7686 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Not to get off topic, but that is the most gorgeous woman Ive ever seen.

  • @daveteague47
    @daveteague47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Refrigerator Perry
    ONE EGG! See Coach I'm cuttin down!

  • @ManuelRodriguez-mg8km
    @ManuelRodriguez-mg8km 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    So if this is a week ago
    And I saw another clip where he looked much worse and said he was 63
    I mean looking at this clip compared to the other is like night and day

    • @WindyCityLIVETV
      @WindyCityLIVETV  3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This interview was *posted* a week ago, but the footage itself is from 2016. It says so in the description.

  • @andyhamilton8940
    @andyhamilton8940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Remember when yall didnt let Payton score one touchdown in the Super Bowl? Yea that was great.

  • @kevinpalmer9756
    @kevinpalmer9756 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    They had to mention 'naked in a limo'.... a guy who ran with Ric WOOOOOO Flair, just had to mention naked in a limo!!!! hahahahahaha.

  • @Kiwitakimago
    @Kiwitakimago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why did that team only win one championship?

    • @richardneal6200
      @richardneal6200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the most underachieving teams in sports history

    • @effend446
      @effend446 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their egos all took over. Buddy was gone after SBXX. McMahon was 30 lbs overweight when training camp for '86 started......too much partying. Questionable decisions by Da Coach that cost Da Bears in '86, despite going 14-2. As well as the Strike of '87 and countless contract disputes. Payton and Fencik hung it up after '87, probably out of spite. Marshall was also gone after '87, definitely out of spite. McMahon was gone after '88, had a major falling out with McKaskey and Ditka. Ditka and McKaskey were never truly on the same page to begin with. After all, Ditka was Halas' (last) hire before his death, not McKaskey's hire. And Ditka was gone after '92.

  • @mustardseedist
    @mustardseedist 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mathew 16:26

  • @mattricker9554
    @mattricker9554 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    best defense om nfl history...buddy ryan's 46

  • @andyhamilton8940
    @andyhamilton8940 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    " Richard are you still able to throw tables across rooms?"

  • @charleycharley2776
    @charleycharley2776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Freer Buckaroo

  • @bobabooey4537
    @bobabooey4537 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if the guy host has ever thrown or caught a football.

  • @jameskelly5672
    @jameskelly5672 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Julius peppers should not be put in before mongo ,thats a crime if that happens.

    • @anglowarrior3871
      @anglowarrior3871 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As things have turned out, they'll be getting inducted the same day.

  • @marcoskolioulis3522
    @marcoskolioulis3522 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dent is putting his hand on the fridges leg a bit too much

  • @nuttinhoney80
    @nuttinhoney80 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Didn't Refrigerator play for the New England Patriots a long time ago?

    • @rickygrand1405
      @rickygrand1405 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never

    • @logalogalog
      @logalogalog 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Steve played for and was released by the New England Patriots in 1980. Fridge was drafted by the Bears and ended up finishing his career with the Philadelphia Eagles.

    • @gary30229
      @gary30229 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mongo did.

  • @bgillett72
    @bgillett72 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How can a woman be that beautiful?

  • @timothy4545
    @timothy4545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The 1985 Bears is the best defense of all time, not the 2000 Ravens.

  • @carnelcarter4914
    @carnelcarter4914 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    They were great!! But the greatest, no. Team of the 80s were the 49ers.

  • @buffmuscle
    @buffmuscle 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Blows to the head. And other difficulties caused by sports. The owners should help,