Virginia Halas McCaskey

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Virginia Halas McCaskey
Personal information
Date of birth (1923-01-05) January 5, 1923 (age 101)
Place of birth Chicago, Illinois
Career information
Position(s) Owner
Head coaching record
Championships won NFC Championship (1985, 2006)
Super Bowl XX (1985)
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1983-present Chicago Bears

Virginia Halas McCaskey (born January 5, 1923) is the principal owner of the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. She is the eldest child of legendary Bears coach and owner George Halas, who left the team to his daughter upon his death in 1983.[1]

Along with her children and grandchildren, she controls 80% of the team. After the death of Ralph Wilson in March of 2014, she became the oldest owner in the NFL.

On January 5, 2023, McCaskey turned 100 years old.

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