Date of Birth
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18-October-1939
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Place of Birth
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Carnegie
(Allegheny County, Pennsylvania)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Michael Keller Ditka, Michael Keller Ditka, Jr., Michael Dyczko, Iron Mike
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Profession
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American football player, Coach, American Football coach
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Michael Keller Ditka is a former American football player, coach, and television commentator. Ditka coached the Chicago Bears for 11 years and New Orleans Saints for three years. Ditka and Tom Flores are the only two people to win an NFL title as a player, an assistant coach, and a head coach. Ditka is also the only individual in modern NFL history to win a championship with the same team as a player and a head coach. Ditka was the only person to participate in both of the last two Chicago Bears' championships, as a player in 1963 and as head coach in 1985.
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