and bought Forest Park National Bank. In 2010, he was inducted into the Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame. Personal life Vainisi died at age 80 on October 4, 2022, in Oak Park, Illinois. References 1940s births 2022 deaths Chicago Bears Chicago Bears executives Detroit Lions executives National Football League general managers NFL Europe executives Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni Georgetown University alumni Lawyers from Chicago Sportspeople from Chicago Year of birth missing (living people)