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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.
Jan 5, 2023 · Born on Jan. 5, 1923, Virginia Halas McCaskey has served as principal owner of the Chicago Bears since 1983, when she inherited the franchise from her Hall of Fame father, George "Papa Bear" Halas ...
- 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 · 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. "She put us on notice months ago that she did not want a big deal made and she wanted a quiet, small family celebration," said her son, Bears chairman George H ...
Jan 5, 2024 · Mrs. McCaskey is the eldest child of "Papa Bear" George Halas Sr., who founded the Bears. He came on as a player/coach with the team – originally the Decatur Staleys – in 1920.
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Jan 5, 2023 · George Halas, center, accompanied by his childen George Halas Jr. and Virginia McCaskey, leave St. Ita's Church on Feb., 17, 1966, following the funeral for his wife, Minnie, who died at age 70 of ...
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Jul 12, 2023 · Virginia Halas McCaskey, the only daughter of legendary Pro Football Hall of Famer George Halas, has served as the Bears' principal owner since her father's passing in 1983. Born just three years after Halas founded the Decatur Staleys and helped create what would become the NFL, Virginia Halas McCaskey has been closely involved with the NFL's charter franchise since she was a young girl.
