Virginia Halas McCaskey (née Virginia Marion Halas; January 5, 1923 – February 6, 2025) was an American football executive who was the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) from 1983 until her death in 2025. She was the daughter of team founder George Halas and inherited ownership upon his death in 1983. Under her stewardship, the team won Super Bowl XX ...

1 day ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey, owner of the Chicago Bears and daughter of team founder George "Papa Bear" Halas, has died. She was 102. She was 102. The Bears announced McCaskey's death Thursday morning.

1 day ago · “Virginia Halas McCaskey, the matriarch of the Chicago Bears and daughter of George Halas, the founder of the NFL, leaves a legacy of class, dignity, and humanity,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said in a statement. “Faith, family, and football — in that order — were her north stars and she lived by the simple adage to always ‘do ...

1 day ago · Chicago Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey died Thursday at the age of 102, the team announced. "While we are sad, we are comforted knowing Virginia Halas McCaskey lived a long, full, faith ...

1 day ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey has died at the age of 102. McCaskey became owner of the Chicago Bears in 1983. Her father George Halas was the team's founder and first coach.

1 day ago · 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 ...

1 day ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey died on Thursday at 102, ending an enduring link to the earliest days of the league. Judy Battista memorializes the Chicago Bears owner whom former commissioner Paul ...

1 day ago · Virginia Halas McCaskey, the matriarch of the Bears franchise and the NFL’s most direct link to its very founding, died Thursday at the age of 102. One of founder George Halas’ two children ...

1 day ago · Virginia 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. Virginia attended Chicago Public Schools until ...

2 days ago · LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Virginia Halas McCaskey, the longtime owner and matriarch of the Chicago Bears, died Thursday at 102, the team announced in a news release. Virginia served as the owner of the Bears since her father and team founder George S. Halas died on Oct. 31, 1983. Her son, George, has been chairman of the Bears since 2011, when he ...