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She was born into a football life and only took over an NFL franchise out of duty to family. She was an accidental owner, a victim of circumstance who mustered up all her strength and courage to do the job that her father, George Halas, had meant for her brother, Mugs, to do.
It was never anyone’s plan that Virginia McCaskey would become the principal owner of the Chicago Bears. Certainly not hers. She didn’t ask for it and didn’t want it.