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Virginia Halas McCaskey (née Virginia Marion Halas; January 5, 1923) is an American football executive who is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). She is the daughter of team founder George Halas and inherited ownership upon his death in 1983.
- Virginia McCaskey’s parents were surprised their firstborn was a girl. “I had assumed — and so had Min (Minnie, his wife) — that the new arrival would be George Stanley Halas Jr.,” the founder and owner of the Bears admitted in the 1979 book, “Halas by Halas: The Autobiography of George Halas.”
- Red Grange used her to sneak past fans. Pro football was struggling to build an audience, so George Halas, Red Grange and the Bears went on a 19-game, 66-day barnstorming tour to drum up interest during the winter of 1925.
- What she remembers from the 1st NFL championship game: ‘the odor.’ In 1932, when she was 9, McCaskey attended the NFL’s first championship game at Chicago Stadium, where the Bears beat the Spartans of Portsmouth, Ohio, 9-0.
- She went to Drexel University — and majored in secretarial studies. McCaskey enrolled at Drexel University in Philadelphia in 1939 when she was 16 and lived with her Uncle Walter, who was the school’s football, baseball and basketball coach.
Jan 5, 2024 · Mr. Halas's body was disinterred, and an autopsy was performed in 1987 at the request of his former wife, Therese, and her two children, who said they had lingering doubts about the cause of his...
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The only daughter of legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer George Halas, Virginia Halas McCaskey has served as the Bears' principal owner since her father's death in 1983. But she has been closely involved with the famed franchise nearly since its inception more than a century ago.
Jan 11, 2022 · She and late husband Ed had 11 children, and Virginia herself is the only living child of Bears founder George Halas. The ‘‘Old Man’’ or ‘‘Papa Bear’’ — depending on your appreciation level of the jut-jawed patriarch — died in 1983, leaving quite a legacy. Indeed, Halas didn’t just found the Bears; he basically started the National Football League.
Oct 6, 2023 · Virginia Marion Halas McCaskey. Virginia Halas McCaskey, born on January 5, 1923, is not only the eldest child of George Halas but also a trailblazing figure in the NFL. Upon her father’s passing in 1983, she assumed the mantle as the principal owner of the Chicago Bears.
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Jan 5, 2023 · Michael McCaskey, Virginia’s oldest child, took over the reins of the Chicago Bears from his grandfather George Halas in 1983 before the team achieved its greatest moment two years later. Read...
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