Virginia Halas McCaskey

Virginia Halas McCaskey ( née Virginia Marion Halas ; Janairu 5, 1923 - Fabrairu 6, 2025) ta kasance babbar jami'ar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Amurka wacce ita ce babbar mai mallakar Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) daga 1983 har zuwa rasuwarta a 2025. Ita 'yar wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar George Halas ce kuma ta gaji mallakarta bayan rasuwarsa a 1983. A ƙarƙashin jagorancinta, ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar Super Bowl XX a 1986.

 Rayuwar farko 
Ita ce babbar 'ya'ya ga wanda ya kafa Bears kuma mai shi George Halas da Minnie Bushing Halas.  Virginia ta halarci Jami'ar Drexel, tana da digiri a fannin gudanar da kasuwanci  da burin yin aiki a matsayin sakataren mahaifinta.  Ta kasance memba mai himma a cikin kungiyar Pi Sigma Gamma ta gida, Newman Club, Panhellenic Council, da kuma YWCA . 

Tunawa ta farko da ta yi game da halartar wasan Bears ita ce tana da shekaru biyu, tana tafiya tare da mahaifinta a wani rangadin barnstorming wanda Bears ke goyon bayan Red Grange .  Ta halarci wasanta na farko na NFL Championship, Wasan 1932 NFL Playoff Game, wasan NFL na farko na cikin gida, tana da shekaru 8.   kuma ta shaida nasarar Bears a Wasan 1940 NFL Championship Game . 

 Sana'a 
A hukumance, ita ce sakatariyar ƙungiyar Bears, kuma memba ce a kwamitin gudanarwa na ƙungiyar.  Duk da haka, an ba ta ikon zaɓen hannun jarin 'ya'yanta da jikokinta da kuma nata. Tsakanin su, McCaskey da sauran magada Halas suna da kashi 80% na Bears.  Ƙungiyar tana hannun dangin Halas-McCaskey tun lokacin da George Halas ya sayi Decatur Staleys daga AE Staley kuma ya ƙaura da ƙungiyar zuwa Chicago a 1921, inda ya sake sanya wa ƙungiyar suna Bears a shekara mai zuwa. Iyali ɗaya ne ke mallakar Bears fiye da kowace iyali da ta mallaki ƙungiyar NFL. 

Da farko George Halas ya yi niyyar ƙanin Virginia George "Mugs" Halas Jr. ya gaji ƙungiyar, kuma ya miƙa masa shugabancin ƙungiyar a shekarar 1963. Duk da haka, Mugs ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani sakamakon bugun zuciya a shekarar 1979. Don haka, Virginia ce ta gaji Bears lokacin da mahaifinta ya mutu shekaru huɗu bayan haka.

 Rayuwar mutum da mutuwa 
An san McCaskey da kasancewa "mai alfahari da sirri" dangane da ƙungiyar da mahaifinta ya gina, ba kasafai take tattauna batun kasuwanci na rayuwarta ba. Ta auri Ed McCaskey a shekarar 1943,  suna da 'ya'ya 11 da jikoki 21, jikoki 40, da kuma jikoki 4. McCaskey Katolika ce kuma ana ɗaukarta a matsayin "imani, iyali, da ƙwallon ƙafa" ba tare da rabuwa a rayuwarta ba.  

McCaskey ta cika shekaru 100 a ranar 5 ga Janairu, 2023.  Ta mutu a ranar 6 ga Fabrairu, 2025.  An binne ta kusa da mijinta a Makabartar All Saints da ke Des Plaines, Illinois.
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2025
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1923
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