迈克迪特卡，美国国家橄榄球联盟名人堂成员，曾执教芝加哥熊队获得超级碗冠军，去世，享年86岁，他的家人宣布。
一份家庭声明称：“我们怀着沉痛的心情宣布我们亲爱的丈夫、父亲、祖父和朋友迈克·迪特卡的去世。”“虽然全世界都知道迈克是名人堂足球运动员、传奇教练和芝加哥熊队超级碗XX冠军队的队长，但我们知道他是我们家庭的核心。＂
声明补充道，“我们将永远怀念迈克。”
NFL专员罗杰·古德尔称赞迪特卡为“游戏大使”，并强调了他与Gridiron Greats援助基金的工作，这是一个为退役球员提供援助的非营利组织。
“迈克·迪特卡是这么多年来足球的缩影，”古德尔说。＂他做的每一件事都带着强烈、真实和鲜明的个性。＂
“铁人迈克”迪特卡拥有作为球员、助理教练和主教练获得超级碗奖的罕见殊荣。首先，作为一名球员与达拉斯牛仔队在超级碗第六；然后在超级碗第十二届担任达拉斯的助理教练；后来在超级碗XX担任芝加哥熊队的主教练。
迪特卡还为熊队赢得了1963年NFL冠军赛，四年后，在竞争的美国和国家足球联盟合并后，第一届超级碗举行。只有洛杉矶袭击者队的前教练汤姆·弗洛雷斯达到了这一成就，他作为球员、助理教练赢得了一项超级碗，作为主教练赢得了两项。
迪特卡在NFL职业生涯的顶峰出现在1985年赛季，当时他执教芝加哥熊队，常规赛战绩为15-1，在超级碗XX中以46-10击败新英格兰爱国者队。这支熊队的阵容丰富多彩，才华横溢，包括四分卫吉姆·麦克马洪、跑卫华特·培顿和防守队员“冰箱”威廉·佩里，被普遍认为是NFL历史上最伟大的球队之一。
1939年10月18日，这位未来足球巨星的家人出生于宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡附近的卡内基，原名迈克尔·凯勒·迪茨科，为了融入家乡，他们将乌克兰姓氏改为迪特卡。1958年至1960年，他为匹兹堡大学踢足球，并在1961年NFL选秀中被芝加哥熊队以第五顺位选中。
迪特卡立即成为一名杰出的球员，赢得了年度最佳新秀的荣誉，因为他成为了第一个在一个赛季中达到1000接收码的NFL球员，当时他在1076码的范围内接到了56次传球和12次达阵。在这个过程中，迪特卡展示了一个位置的得分潜力，在此之前，这个位置主要专注于阻挡，开创了一个传球接球手的时代，这个位置现在由三届超级碗冠军特拉维斯·凯尔斯（Travis Kelce）等接球手占据。
迪特卡加入了职业足球名人堂1988年，他不是以教练的身份，而是以球员的身份——第一个被选为这一荣誉的紧密结局，在12年的球员生涯中，他共接了427次球，总共5812码，43次触地得分。
迪特卡在他的名人堂演讲中说：“在生活中，许多人都有天赋，但天赋本身并不是成就。”“当人们认识到他们的机会，然后满怀激情地追求它们时，足球的卓越和生活的卓越就孕育出来了，我认为这概括了国家橄榄球联盟和NFL名人堂的球员所代表的意义。他们发现了一个机会，并努力去抓住它。”
在芝加哥打了六个赛季的球后，迪特卡于1967年被交易到费城老鹰队。在那里度过了两个没有收获的赛季后，他被交易到达拉斯牛仔队，在那里他度过了职业生涯的最后四年，大部分时间是作为替补。1971年赛季后，迪特卡在达拉斯赢得了他作为球员的唯一一座超级碗。
33岁退役后，迪特卡在牛仔队教练汤姆·兰德里的教练组工作。他在那里呆了九个赛季，并在1978年1月该队以27比10战胜丹佛野马队的超级碗比赛中担任助理教练。
尽管迪特卡来自宾夕法尼亚州，并在达拉斯结束了他的职业生涯，但他却成了芝加哥顽固的中西部人的代名词。1982年1月，在熊队以6胜10负的赛季成绩结束后，尼尔·阿姆斯特朗被解雇，他回到熊队填补了主教练的空缺。两个赛季后，迪特卡带领10-6熊队参加了NFC冠军赛，他们输给了旧金山队。
1985年，迪特卡执教了许多人认为是NFL历史上最伟大的球队。1986年1月26日，熊队以15-1的比分结束了赛季，并以46-10的比分统治了新英格兰爱国者队，赢得了超级碗XX。
迪特卡在1985赛季后被美联社提名为NFL蔻驰年度最佳球员，而由协调员巴迪·瑞安执教的球队防守通常被认为是有史以来最好的。迪特卡和瑞安经常处于敌对关系，在该队1985年赛季输给迈阿密海豚队的比赛中场休息时，两人差点打起来。但是迪特卡务实、严肃的举止让他更受芝加哥球迷的喜爱。实际上，迪特卡变得如此出名，以至于他后来在90年代早期的《周六夜现场》中被反复模仿。
在芝加哥熊队赢得超级碗冠军后，迪特卡继续执教芝加哥熊队八年，直到1988年，芝加哥熊队取得了赛季冠军。迪特卡在那个赛季心脏病发作，但没有错过一场比赛，并赢得了他的第二个美联社蔻驰年度荣誉。然而，迪特卡和熊队在1989年开始走下坡路，尽管在1990年和1991年赢得了记录，但在几个赛季的不均衡比赛后，迪特卡在1993年1月被解雇。迪特卡以106胜的战绩离开了熊队，这是球队历史上第二多的战绩。
在做了三年电视分析师后，迪特卡于1997年重返NFL，执教新奥尔良圣徒队三个赛季——这是一次不成功的经历，球队及其日益多变、心灰意冷的教练都在努力争取胜利。在1999赛季以3-13结束后，迪特卡被解雇，他的教练生涯以121胜95负的职业生涯记录和6-6的季后赛记录结束，包括超级碗XX胜利。
迪特卡在NFL退休后发现工作并不短缺。他在电视上仍然很受欢迎，再次担任NFL分析师。他还以自己的身份出现在电视节目和广告中，并参与了各种其他企业，包括度假村、酿酒、视频游戏、食品等。
迪特卡在2005年的大银幕上模仿了他好战的名声，在威尔·法瑞尔的足球喜剧“踢和尖叫”中扮演他自己
除了1988年的心脏病发作，迪特卡还在2012年遭受了一次轻微的中风又一次心脏病发作2016年，他79岁，两次都康复了。
迪特卡结过两次婚，第一次婚姻留下了妻子和四个孩子。
Mike Ditka， legendary NFL player and coach， dies at 86
Mike Ditka， the NFL Hall of Famer who coached the Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl title， has died at the age of 86， his family announced．
＂It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband， father， grandfather， and friend， Mike Ditka，＂ a family statement said． ＂While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player， legendary coach， and leader of the Chicago Bears＇ Super Bowl XX championship team， we knew him as the heart of our family．＂
The statement added， ＂Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever．＂
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell praised Ditka as ＂ambassador for the game＂ and highlighted his work with the Gridiron Greats Assistance Fund， a nonprofit providing assistance to retired players．
＂Mike Ditka epitomized football over so many years，＂ Goodell said． ＂He brought intensity， authenticity， and an unmistakable personality to everything he did．＂
＂Iron Mike＂ Ditka held the rare distinction of having won a Super Bowl as a player， an assistant coach and as a head coach． First， as a player with the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl VI； then as an assistant coach for Dallas in Super Bowl XII； and later as head coach of the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XX．
Ditka also played for the Bears when they won the 1963 NFL Championship Game， four years before the first Super Bowl was held following the merger of the competing American and National Football Leagues． Only former Los Angeles Raiders coach Tom Flores has matched the feat， winning a Super Bowl as a player， an assistant coach， and two as a head coach．
The zenith of Ditka＇s NFL career came in the 1985 season when he coached the Chicago Bears to a 15-1 regular season record， culminating with their 46-10 victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XX． That Bears team， featuring a roster as colorful as it was talented -- including quarterback Jim McMahon， running back Walter Payton and defensive lineman William ＂The Refrigerator＂ Perry-- is generally considered to be one of the greatest in NFL history．
Born Michael Keller Dyczko on Oct． 18， 1939， in Carnegie， Pennsylvania， near Pittsburgh， the future football great＇s family changed their Ukrainian surname to Ditka to assimilate in their hometown． He played football for the University of Pittsburgh from 1958 to 1960 and was selected by the Chicago Bears fifth overall in the 1961 NFL draft as a tight end．
Ditka immediately distinguished himself as a standout player， earning Rookie of the Year honors as he became the first NFL tight end to reach 1，000 receiving yards in a season when he caught 56 passes for 1，076 yards and 12 touchdowns． In the process， Ditka demonstrated the scoring potential of a position that had until that point been essentially focused on blocking， ushering in an era of pass-catchers at a position now dominated by receivers like three-time Super Bowl champ Travis Kelce．
Ditka was inducted into thePro Football Hall of Famein 1988 not as a coach but as a player -- the first tight end to ever be elected for the honor， capping 12 years as a player during which he posted 427 receptions for a total 5，812 yards and 43 touchdowns．
＂In life， many men have talent， but talent in itself is no accomplishment，＂ Ditka said during his Hall of Fame speech． ＂Excellence in football and excellence in life is bred when men recognize their opportunities and then pursue them with a passion， and I think that sums up what the players of the National Football League and NFL Hall of Fame stand for． They recognize an opportunity and they went after it．＂
After six seasons in Chicago as a player， Ditka was traded to the Philadelphia Eagles in 1967． After two unproductive seasons there， he was traded to the Dallas Cowboys where he played the final four years of his career in Dallas， mostly as a backup． It was in Dallas that Ditka won his only Super Bowl as a player， following the 1971 season．
After retiring as a player at age 33， Ditka took a job on Cowboys coach Tom Landry＇s coaching staff． He remained there for nine seasons and was an assistant coach on the team＇s Super Bowl XXII 27-10 win over the Denver Broncos in January 1978．
Though he was from Pennsylvania and wrapped up his playing career in Dallas， Ditka became synonymous with the hard-nosed Midwesterners of Chicago． He returned to the Bears to fill the head coach vacancy when Neill Armstrong was fired in January 1982 following the Bears＇ 6-10 season finish． Two seasons later， Ditka led the 10-6 Bears to the NFC championship game， where they lost to San Francisco．
In 1985， Ditka coached what many consider to be the greatest team in NFL history． The Bears finished the season 15-1 and dominated the New England Patriots 46-10 to win Super Bowl XX on Jan． 26， 1986．
Ditka was named the Associated Press NFL Coach of the Year following the 1985 season， while the team＇s defense， coached by coordinator Buddy Ryan， is often regarded as the best ever． Ditka and Ryan had an often adversarial relationship， with the two nearly coming to blows during halftime of the team＇s only 1985 season loss， to the Miami Dolphins． But Ditka＇s hard-nosed， no-nonsense demeanor only further endeared him to Chicago fans． Indeed， Ditka became so famous， he was later parodied in a recurring sketch on ＂Saturday Night Live＂ in the early ＇90s．
Ditka continued to coach the Chicago Bears for another eight years after their Super Bowl win， notching winning seasons through 1988． Ditka suffered a heart attack during that season but didn＇t miss a game and earned his second Associated Press Coach of the Year honor． However， things began going south for Ditka and the Bears in 1989， and after several seasons of uneven play， despite winning records in 1990 and 1991， Ditka was fired in January 1993． Ditka walked away with a record of 106 wins as the Bears coach， the second-most in the franchise＇s history．
After three years working as a TV analyst， Ditka returned to the NFL in 1997， coaching the New Orleans Saints for three seasons – an unsuccessful run that saw both the team and its increasingly mercurial， disheartened coach struggling to eke out wins． Following a 3-13 finish to the 1999 season， Ditka was fired and his coaching career ended with a career record of 121 wins and 95 losses， and a 6-6 postseason record， including the Super Bowl XX win．
Ditka found no shortage of work following his NFL retirement． He remained a popular presence on TV， serving again as an NFL analyst． He also appeared as himself on TV shows and commercials and was involved in a variety of other ventures， including resorts， winemaking， video games， food and more．
Ditka parodied his bellicose reputation on the big screen in 2005， playing himself in the Will Ferrell soccer comedy ＂Kicking and Screaming．＂
In addition to his 1988 heart attack， Ditka suffered a minor stroke in 2012 andanother heart attackin 2016， at age 79， both from which he recovered．
Ditka was married twice and is survived by his wife and four children from his first marriage．
