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George Halas Jr., died in 1979. She then inherited the Bears in 1983 when her father died. Patrick Finley of the Chicago Sun-Times noted she named her husband, Ed, the team's chairman shortly ...
Her brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., was being groomed to take over the team, but died suddenly of a heart attack in 1979. McCaskey assumed ownership upon her father's death in 1983, and her ...
Virginia had a brother, George “Mugs” Halas Jr., but he tragically died of a heart attack in 1979, giving her full control of the team upon the death of their father. Chicago won their only ...
Her brother, George “Mugs” Halas Jr., was being groomed to take over the team, but died suddenly of a heart attack in 1979. McCaskey assumed ownership upon her father’s death in 1983 ...
Her brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., was being groomed to take over the team, but died suddenly of a heart attack in 1979. McCaskey assumed ownership upon her father's death in 1983, and her ...
McCaskey, in fact, was not supposed to inherit the team at all. Her younger brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., was the heir apparent. He had been a part of the front office for nearly three ...
McCaskey’s father intended for her younger brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., to inherit the team, and he became team president in 1963. But Mugs died in 1979 from a heart attack. When George ...
Her brother, George "Mugs" Halas Jr., was being groomed to take over the team, but died suddenly of a heart attack in 1979. McCaskey assumed ownership upon her father's death in 1983, and her ...