Provenance before publication
Source Ledger
Identity, career, awards, current coverage and image rights are listed here so the profile can be checked without guesswork.
Reporting and credit sources
11 records · 10 per pagePro Football Hall of Fame
Mike Ditka — Class of 1988
NFL playing career, statistics and enshrinement record.
College Football Hall of Fame
Mike Ditka — Class of 1986
College career and head-coaching record.
Chicago Bears
Bears to retire Mike Ditka's number
Official No. 89 retirement announcement.
Wikidata
Mike Ditka — structured identity record
Identity, legal name, birth date and birth place.
Google Books
Ditka: An Autobiography
Bibliographic record for the autobiography authored by Mike Ditka with Don Pierson.
Chicago Sun-Times
Mike Ditka is not in hospice care
Direct reporting and comments from Mike and Diana Ditka used for their current marriage record.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
A moment with ... Mike Ditka, coach
First-person interview used only for Ditka's dated exercise and eating routine.
Windy City Gridiron
Exclusive interview with Mike Ditka
Direct interview used for attributed Chicago food preferences.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Mike Ditka — Class of 1988 gallery
Updated Hall of Fame visual archive.
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Gold Jacket Spotlight: Iron Mike Ditka
Official career retrospective.
Copyright licence recorded
Image rights ledger
Mike Ditka at the 2008 NFL Experience
Media: Tami Heilemann / U.S. Department of the Interior
Profile portrait; federal-government source.
Ditka presents President Obama with a Bears jersey
Media: Pete Souza / The White House
Feature and channel image; official White House photograph.