Kingspoint
02-06-2025, 06:29 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Halas_McCaskey
McCaskey attended her first NFL Championship game, the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, at age 8. She was also in attendance for the first indoor NFL game that same season, and the Bears' victory in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. She was 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.
During her tenure as owner, the Bears won Super Bowl XX in 1985, two seasons after "Papa Bear's" death. It was part of a run of five consecutive NFC Central titles from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, she disbanded the team's cheerleading squad, the "Honey Bears", after ten years, arguing that their field performances were "sexist and degrading to women". However, the team struggled in the 1990s, and since 1999 she had been a very hands-off owner.
On January 21, 2007, she accepted the NFC Championship trophy, which bears her father's name. She called it "her happiest day so far", after the Bears had beaten the New Orleans Saints to earn a trip to Super Bowl XLI. McCaskey was one of ten female NFL owners in 2022, including Sheila Ford Hamp (Detroit Lions), Amy Adams Strunk (Tennessee Titans), Kim Pegula (Buffalo Bills), Carol Davis (Las Vegas Raiders), Denise DeBartolo York (San Francisco 49ers), Gayle Benson (New Orleans Saints), Janice McNair (Houston Texans), Jody Allen (Seattle Seahawks), and Dee Haslam (Cleveland Browns).
McCaskey attended her first NFL Championship game, the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, at age 8. She was also in attendance for the first indoor NFL game that same season, and the Bears' victory in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. She was 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.
During her tenure as owner, the Bears won Super Bowl XX in 1985, two seasons after "Papa Bear's" death. It was part of a run of five consecutive NFC Central titles from 1984 to 1988. In 1986, she disbanded the team's cheerleading squad, the "Honey Bears", after ten years, arguing that their field performances were "sexist and degrading to women". However, the team struggled in the 1990s, and since 1999 she had been a very hands-off owner.
On January 21, 2007, she accepted the NFC Championship trophy, which bears her father's name. She called it "her happiest day so far", after the Bears had beaten the New Orleans Saints to earn a trip to Super Bowl XLI. McCaskey was one of ten female NFL owners in 2022, including Sheila Ford Hamp (Detroit Lions), Amy Adams Strunk (Tennessee Titans), Kim Pegula (Buffalo Bills), Carol Davis (Las Vegas Raiders), Denise DeBartolo York (San Francisco 49ers), Gayle Benson (New Orleans Saints), Janice McNair (Houston Texans), Jody Allen (Seattle Seahawks), and Dee Haslam (Cleveland Browns).