Dr. Theodore A. Fox, 86, of Winnetka, team physician for the Chicago Bears for more than 30 years and a pioneer in the field of sports medicine, died Sunday, in Evanston Hospital of heart failure.
Dr. Fox graduated from the University of Chicago in 1937. He practiced orthopedic medicine for 38 years at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.
“He started out with the Chicago Bears in 1947,” said his daughter, Susan Fox Larkin. He was with the team until 1978.
Dr. Fox created a procedure for hip replacement surgery and developed the Center for Sports Medicine at Illinois Masonic.
During World War II, Dr. Fox served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Medical Corps in the Pacific and the Mediterranean.
His hobbies were photography, computers and golf. “My father had a marvelous sense of humor,” Larkin said. “Laughter and joy were a very big part of our lives.”
Dr. Fox is also survived by his wife of 62 years, Marcella; another daughter, Nancy Cusick; two sisters, Ethel Herron and Ruth Pearson; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. Services will begin at 1 p.m., Wednesday, in Temple Am Shalom, 840 Vernon Ave., Glencoe.
