Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus ...
Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus ...
Virginia Halas McCaskey, who was the longtime principal owner of the Chicago Bears, died at the age of 102. The Bears announced her passing on ...
The team was originally supposed to go to her younger brother George Halas Jr., but he died of a heart attack in 1979, and the club ultimately went to McCaskey. During her reign the Bears would ...
The death of her only brother, George “Mugs” Halas Jr., of a heart attack in 1979 at age 54 left McCaskey as the sole heir to the franchise started in 1920. “All the time I was growing up ...
McCaskey's father, George Halas, initially intended for Virginia's younger brother George Halas Jr. to inherit the team. "Mugs," as Halas Jr. was known as, died of a heart attack suddenly in 1979 ...
George Halas Jr, better known as “Mugs” was to take over the team until his sudden death in 1979 of a heart attack. McCaskey ended up being one of the more prominent female owners in NFL ...