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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.
- Drexel University
- George Halas (father)
- Virginia Marion Halas, January 5, 1923 (age 100), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Jan 5, 2023 · Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey turned 100 years old on Thursday, ringing in the new year by reaching triple digits as the oldest primary owner of an NFL franchise.
Jan 5, 2024 · Virginia McCaskey, matriarch of Chicago Bears, turns 101 years old. By John Dodge. January 5, 2024 / 1:55 PM CST / CBS Chicago. Virginia McCaskey, the principal owner of the Chicago Bears,...
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- 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, 2023 · Story by Larry Mayer. Editor's note: This story originally ran on Jan. 5, 2023, Virginia Halas McCaskey's 100th birthday. Virginia Halas McCaskey will celebrate her 100th birthday Thursday, a joyous and momentous occasion to be sure, but not one the matriarch of the Chicago Bears wants to make a fuss about.
Jan 5, 2023 · Virginia McCaskey is introduced at Halas Hall on Feb. 10, 1999, to announce that her son Michael at left is being moved up to chairman and CEO of the team. Becoming team President is Ted...
Jan 5, 2023 · Halas died in 1983 of cancer, never revealing his diagnosis to his only daughter. Virginia’s husband of 60 years, Edward W. McCaskey, died in 2003. She’s outlived two of her own children...
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