Jimbo Covert, the Bears No. 1 draft choice, on April 26, 1983, at Lake Forest. ... and we were laughing because every stitch of clothing we owned when I was a kid was from J.C. Penney.

Somehow Jimbo Covert gave an eight-minute speech encapsulating an entire football career and an era of Chicago Bears football. Like with his playing career, Covert didn't have long, but he ...

Jimbo Covert, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Centennial Class, speaks during the induction ceremony at the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 7, 2021, in Canton, Ohio. Jimbo Covert, right… ...