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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 December 2024. American football executive (born 1923) Virginia Halas McCaskey Born Virginia Marion Halas (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 (age 101) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Alma mater Drexel University Spouse Ed McCaskey (m. 1943; died 2003) Children 11, including Michael and George McCaskey Parent George ...
George Stanley Halas Sr. (February 2, 1895 – October 31, 1983), nicknamed "Papa Bear" and "Mr. Everything", was an American professional football end, coach, and executive. He was the founder and owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), and served as his own head coach on four occasions.
After the war, McCaskey became a salesman and a singer in a band, though lost out to Frank Sinatra to join the Harry James Band as a singer, [1] and in 1943, he married Virginia Halas, daughter of Bears founder, owner and head coach George Halas. However, George Halas expressed his doubts about McCaskey, sending two "agents", Bert Bell and Art ...
marks 40 years since Chicago Bears founder, owner, coach and player George Halas died. Just a child then, I now have questions about his remarkable life. What were the key moments that shaped his ...
George Halas McCaskey (born March 29, 1956) is the chairman of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He replaced his brother Michael McCaskey as chairman in 2011. [ 2 ] He is the son of Bears owner Virginia Halas McCaskey and grandson of team founder George Halas .
After consulting his wife, he decided he would rather play in Chicago, signing with George Halas's Bears. [6] In his rookie year, Sayers scored an NFL-record 22 touchdowns: 14 rushing, six receiving, and one each on punt and kickoff returns. He gained 2,272 all-purpose yards, a record for an NFL rookie, with 1,371 of them coming from scrimmage ...
George Stanley "Mugs" Halas Jr. (September 4, 1925 – December 16, 1979) was an American football executive who was one of five presidents in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise of the National Football League (NFL). He was the son of Bears founder and NFL co-founder George Halas and Minnie Bushing.
George Halas is the only coach to have more than one tenure and is the all-time leader in games coached and games won, while Ralph Jones leads all coaches in winning percentage with .706. [3] Abe Gibron is statistically the worst coach of the Bears in terms of winning percentage, with a .268 average.