Ray Nolting

While Nolting is not as well known as many of his Chicago Bear teammates, he was nonetheless the cornerstone of the Monsters of the Midway in the late1930’s and early 1940’s.

Ray came to the Bears as an undrafted free agent after a stellar career at the University of Cincinnati. He was the only rookie to start in every game in 1936.

Nolting in essence replaced the legendary College Football Hall of Famer and Tennessee All-American Beattie Feather, because of his explosive starts, versatility and ability to block for Bronko Nagurski.

He had an amazing football career of “Firsts”. He was the first University of Cincinnati All-American and UC’s first professional all-pro and team MVP. Ray was the University’s first head football coach after a WWII hiatus he rebuilt the school's football program, taking his 1947 squad to the school’s first Bowl game and victory; defeating Virginia Teach in the Sun Bowl.