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Chicago Bears: Virginia Halas McCaskey | Virginia Halas McCaskey has never known a life that wasn't entwined with the Chicago Bears. In 1920, three years before she was born, her father, George "Papa Bear" Halas Sr., represented the team when it was founded by the Staley Starch Company. The next year the company gave Halas the franchise and the okay to move it to the Windy City. McCaskey gained control of the team in 1983 following her father's death.
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Chicago Bears: Virginia Halas McCaskey | Virginia Halas McCaskey has never known a life that wasn’t entwined with the Chicago Bears. In 1920, three years before she was born, her father, George “Papa Bear” Halas Sr., represented the team when it was founded by the Staley Starch Company. The next year the company gave Halas the franchise and the okay to move it to the Windy City. McCaskey gained control of the team in 1983 following her father’s death.
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