Won a Super Bowl with the Cowboys and led Da Bears to their only Super Bowl victory.
Mike Ditka was scheduled to sing the seventh inning stretch on July 5th, 1998. This was the year that Harry Caray died and the “guest conductor” was new at Wrigley Field. Ditka got stuck in traffic and was running late. By the time the top of the seventh ended, Ditka was still… pic.twitter.com/j5TPpTWfdj
— Crawly's Cubs Kingdom (@crawlyscubs) October 9, 2026
Iowaggie said:Mike Ditka was scheduled to sing the seventh inning stretch on July 5th, 1998. This was the year that Harry Caray died and the “guest conductor” was new at Wrigley Field. Ditka got stuck in traffic and was running late. By the time the top of the seventh ended, Ditka was still… pic.twitter.com/j5TPpTWfdj
— Crawly's Cubs Kingdom (@crawlyscubs) October 9, 2026
OldArmy71 said:
I am old enough to remember him as a heck of a player.
He played on a Super Bowl winning Cowboys team and caught a touchdown, and then coached for Landry for quite a while.
He owned the moniker "Iron Mike" for sure.
