Virginia Hallskaski, a longtime owner of the Chicago Bears and daughter of George Halls Senior, who formed the team and was one of the founding fathers of the NFL, died Thursday. She was 102 years old and spent his entire life around the team in the 1920s.
Bears, who announced their death on their website, did not make a list of reason nor explained where they died.
Mrs. McCasky participated in almost every game of beers for decades. He witnessed the nine league titles of beers (his first championship in 1921, before he was born and when the team witnessed his sole super bowel championship in January 1986 as well as when the team was named Beltis) Wait
He met many of the beers who were included in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the list includes Red Greenge, Bronco Nagorusky, Dick Batticks and Walter Patton, as well as his father, who died in 1983. Were done.
Mrs. McCasky never took her next row seat in the history of NFL.
He said, “All the opportunities I had, all the privileges I received, all the miracles I have seen – I am very grateful.” “Sunday’s life,” A documentary of 2019 celebrating the 100th anniversary of the NFL. “I can’t think of a better life.”
When he occupied the owner’s Sweet during the Games, his roots were like everyday fans. In 2003, in the first game in a newly -created soldier field in Chicago, Mrs. McCasky sat with former NFL Commissioner Paul Taglibio when Bears lost to her Arc Reveals, Green Bay Packers.
“I waited a long time for Don Hitson to retire from Don Hitson’s packers, citing the Great Green Bay recipient, from the 1930s and 40s, citing the Great Green Bay.” “Now I can’t wait for Brett Fever to retire.”
In some ways, Mrs. McCasky was an accidental owner. His younger brother and only siblings, George (Mags) Halls Junior, was the heir to the team, working in the club starting in 1950 and went to the team president in 1963. But in 1979, he died of a heart attack in 54.
When George Halls Senior passed away in 1983, Mrs. McCasky got the only vote in one generation confidence. He also gave the team equal shares of each of his grandchildren. George Halls Junior’s first wife, Theres, later claimed that his two children were not protected like other grandchildren when the bear was reorganized in 1981. In 1987, a probate judge retained the reorganization.
In addition, in 1987, Theresa Halls removed her husband’s body to decide whether she was poisoned, relatively Young young, died at the age of 54. Without his organs, the coroner could not determine that when he died, he had drugs or poison in his body.
Mrs. McCasky, her husband and her 11 children, however, turned the bears into a lot of family. When he took over as the principal owner of the team in 1983, her husband, Ed MacCaski, became chairman after serving as Vice President and Treasurer for 17 years during George Jr.. Mrs. McCasky appointed her oldest son Michael, the then Professor at the Harvard Business School, Professor, Club President and Chief Executive. He became chairman in 1999, and his brother George replaced him in 2011.
“Fakhr is the word I try to avoid because I am in this position because of my inheritance.” McCoski said in an interview. “I’ve done nothing to earn it. I still consider it a human world, and I am as grateful as I am. This is a great privilege, and I have to make sure I am not disappointed. “
Virginia Marion Halls McCasky was born on January 5, 1923, in Chicago, Mr. Halls and Mani Bosing Halls, the oldest child, who passed away in 1966. Until then, Mr Halls had already made his name as a football player and coach. And even played briefly for her New York Yankees, in 1919. Next year, the company’s football team was hired by the AE Stally Food Stander in Dekatore, Elig, to run the residents.
This year, Basi joined the newly -created US Professional Football Association, and Mr Halls attended the inaugural session of the League in the car dealership in Ohio’s Canton. Basi Dikatur went ahead 10-1-2 in my only season, second in the league of 14 teams. The next year, Basi moved to Chicago, where he won the league championship.
In 1922, Mr. Halls and Edward (Dutch) Starinman bought the team and named it beer. There was also a new league name: National Football League. Nine years later, in 1931, Mr Halls purchased Mr. Strinman at 000 38,000.
In the years before media rights deals and seven figures, the bears fought financially, especially during the sadness, when several pro teams were added.
“When I was growing up, I didn’t realize it, but it was a difficult year in the late 20s and the early 30s.” McCaski said. “My father had Chicago Bears, but he was also a part of a commercial laundry company, he worked in real estate, even tried to sell cars. I often use the word ‘survival’. I do, because it was involved.
Virginia was with her father in the football field from a young age. As a toddler, she joined the bereavers on a barn storming tour, organized by the then premiere player Red Greenj. In 1939, at the age of 16, he enrolled at Draclesal University in Philadelphia to study business management to help his father run a bear. She lived there with her uncle, Walter Halls, football, baseball and basketball coach.
He met Ed MacCasky in Philadelphia, who was then a student at the University of Pennsylvania. The couple married in 1943 before Mr McCaski left for Europe to serve in the US military during World War II. He was married in 2003, in 83, until his death was 60 years.
In addition to his sons Patrick, George and Brian, six other kids, Alan Toncoast, Ann Catron, Edward McCasky, Junior and Mary, Richard and Joseph McCaski are also left after Mrs. McCasky. 21 grandchildren; 40 grandchildren; And four great grandchildren. His second ancient son, Timothy, died in 2011.
Although Mrs. McCasky spent her life with her father’s inheritance, it is unclear whether her children will be the owners of the bears.
He once said, “I always hope that our current players and coaches will once think a bit of the start of the opening teams and the National Football League once.” “It was very important to my father. This was his life, and whatever was automatically important to him, it became important to me.
