CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Chicago Bears are ... on the death of her father, Bears founder George Halas. Like her father, a co-founder of the NFL, McCaskey kept the team in family hands.

Chicago Bears matriarch Virginia Halas McCaskey, who died in February, was not the first woman to become principal owner of an NFL team. Yet the woman who was lived nearby.

CHICAGO -- Virginia McCaskey, principal owner of the Chicago Bears and the only daughter of team founder George Halas, died Thursday, the team announced. She was 102. “While we are sad ...

Since her death last month, tributes have poured in for Virginia McCaskey, the owner of the Chicago Bears. On March 3, ...

She inherited the Bears from her father in 1983, one of the few women in sports to hold such a powerful position.

McCaskey was born not long after the Bears Her father, George Halas ... to Chicago in 1921 and renamed it the Chicago Bears in 1922. Halas' eldest child, Virginia Marion Halas, was born on ...

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Virginia McCaskey, who inherited the Chicago Bears from her father, George Halas, but avoided the spotlight during four-plus decades as principal owner, has died. She was 102. McCaskey’s family ...

Bears founder George Halas. McCaskey was born in 1923 in Chicago and was the oldest George and Min Halas' two children, with her younger brother George S. "Mugs" Halas Jr. She studied at Drexel ...

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