She was the rock.” Virginia McCaskey was born in Chicago to Min and George Halas in 1923, the oldest of two children, along with younger brother George S. “Mugs” Halas Jr. She attended ...

Questions about the ownership of the Bears became very real when principal owner Virginia McCaskey died on Feb. 6. Chairman and owner George McCaskey ... a lot of time at Halas Hall for the ...

For New York Giants president, CEO and co-owner John Mara, last week's NFL owners meetings just weren't the same without Virginia Halas McCaskey. The only daughter of legendary Bears Hall of Fame ...

Other notable death in April include basketball Hall of Famer Dick Barnett, “Dennis the Menace” star Jay North, former ...

Feb. 5. Virginia McCaskey, 102. She inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during more than four decades as the team's principal owner. Feb. 6.