Virginia McCaskey
American football executive
Died when: 102 years 32 days (1225 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Virginia Marion Halas McCaskey (born January 5, 1923) was the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL).
She is the eldest child of Bears founder and owner George Halas, who left the team to his daughter upon his death in 1983, and Minnie Bushing Halas.
After the death of Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson in March 2014, she became the oldest owner in the NFL and in all major league sports in the United States.
Officially, she is the secretary of the Bears franchise, as well as a member of the team's board of directors.
However, she is empowered to vote the shares of her children and grandchildren as well as her own.Between them, McCaskey and other Halas heirs own 80% of the Bears.
The franchise has been in the hands of the Halas-McCaskey family since George Halas acquired the then-Decatur Staleys from A.
E.Staley and moved the team to Chicago in 1921, renaming the team the Bears the following year.The Bears have been owned by the same family for longer than any other family has owned an NFL team.
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