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Speaker 1: Hosts, Jeff Chiliack KKA, the Mayor of Bearsville, and his
Speaker 1: sidekick Tom the Surfmaster Thayer Well rare.
Speaker 3: Is the person who could uplift a room in the
Speaker 3: manner of Virginia. Hallis McCaskey could with just her warm
Speaker 3: smile and hello, the matriarch of the Bears and the
Speaker 3: daughter of George Hallis, the founding father of the National
Speaker 3: Football League, has passed and with that we offer our
Speaker 3: prayers condolences to the McCaskey and Hallis families, the entire
Speaker 3: Bears family, and Bears fans that span the globe. This
Speaker 3: is a special edition of Bears Weekly on ESPN one
Speaker 3: thousand on the Chicago Bears Radio Network with Super Bowl
Speaker 3: winning Bears guard Tom Thayer and Jim Miller, the former
Speaker 3: Bears quarterback from Sirius x M NFL Radio, joining U shortly.
Speaker 3: I'm Jeff Joniak. Will take this hour to look back
Speaker 3: at a life well lived, a long life that ends
Speaker 3: after one hundred two years, but one that leaves a
Speaker 3: unique legacy filled with love, kindness, compassion, selflessness, and charity.
Speaker 3: For those of us fortunate enough to get to know
Speaker 3: missus McCaskey over the years, or those who have met
Speaker 3: her only once, we deeply feel this loss because she
Speaker 3: will be cherished forever. Tom, I know you feel exactly
Speaker 3: the same way.
Speaker 4: Yeah, she's an NFL royalty. She is football royalty. She's
Speaker 4: the development of the biggest game in the history of
Speaker 4: the United States royalty. She's got all those nice things
Speaker 4: that you said about her. She also has a world
Speaker 4: of experience that will never be relived by anybody since
Speaker 4: the inception of the game that was built through her father,
Speaker 4: through the long life that she had, and the experiences
Speaker 4: that she had as a young kid in football, to
Speaker 4: where she was experienced up into the game up until
Speaker 4: the conclusion of this season. She's just an incredible, incredible person.
Speaker 4: She has the passion for the sports unlike a lot
Speaker 4: of others, and she's the type of person if there
Speaker 4: was more people like her, it would be a better world.
Speaker 3: One hundred percent took the words right out about many
Speaker 3: people told me that same thing today, it would be
Speaker 3: a better world. Coming up on the program, we're gonna
Speaker 3: be joined by former Bears Ron Rivera Hall of Famer,
Speaker 3: Mike Singletary, and former Chicago Tribune NFL writer Don Pearson.
Speaker 3: We'll hear from Jason McKee, We'll hear from Jerry Azuma
Speaker 3: and in moments Brian Erlacker to share their stories and
Speaker 3: define her impact on this great franchise and the NFL.
Speaker 3: We thank our producers tonight, Sean Granny, Dan Burrilli, and
Speaker 3: Jordan Treadup. And the executive producer of the Bears Radio
Speaker 3: Network is Eric Ostwasky. So do we have Jim. He's
Speaker 3: at the super Bowl in New Orleans, and Jim, I
Speaker 3: know you met this woman and we're a Bear during
Speaker 3: a great period of time when the Bears went to
Speaker 3: the one. So I know on those trips when you
Speaker 3: saw the wins, you saw the expression on her face
Speaker 3: was all good.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you know, it's a it's a sad day, you
Speaker 5: know what, A just a wonderful human being, like you said,
Speaker 5: always they're always traveling to the games, always a part
Speaker 5: of the team, and you know, and her husband ed,
Speaker 5: you know, I always bring up Ed. You know, those
Speaker 5: two were so wonderful together and you know, Ed we
Speaker 5: had some of the greatest conversations in the training room
Speaker 5: and same with Virginia, and you know, so it's a
Speaker 5: sad day in the NFL for you know, I think
Speaker 5: we understand how the direction the NFL is going, but
Speaker 5: to have these family owned franchises like say the Rooneys
Speaker 5: or say the mccaskey's, it's special and there's a lot
Speaker 5: of rich history with those great organizations. And you know,
Speaker 5: so thoughts and prayers to the McCaskey family, to everybody
Speaker 5: in the organization. And you know, loyalty is a wonderful
Speaker 5: trait and I definitely believe and know that the McCaskey
Speaker 5: family definitely have that trait. And it's with you know,
Speaker 5: just a sad day all around for the NFL.
Speaker 4: You know, I think it's super fitting that the Super
Speaker 4: Bowl is in New Orleans this week because that's a
Speaker 4: locker room that Virginia McCaskey was in at the conclusion
Speaker 4: of our Super Bowl that we won, and she was
Speaker 4: had the biggest smile in the building, was big as
Speaker 4: big as anybody that was inside that building. And for
Speaker 4: this Super Bowl to be played in New Orleans this year,
Speaker 4: when that's where Virginia McCaskey was when she represented the
Speaker 4: Chicago Bears an acceptance of the Lombardi Trophy. It is
Speaker 4: fitting that that Super Bowl is being played in New
Speaker 4: Orleans this week.
Speaker 3: And fitting that the Bears defeated the Green Bay Packers
Speaker 3: on the foot of Cairo Santos to end the twenty
Speaker 3: twenty four season with a win. So she went out
Speaker 3: in fine fashion with a win. There a statement from
Speaker 3: the team earlier, just a portion of it. While we
Speaker 3: are set, we are comforted knowing Virginia Hollis McCaskey lived
Speaker 3: a long, full, faith filled life and is now with
Speaker 3: the love of her life on earth. The family said
Speaker 3: she guided the Bears for four decades and based every
Speaker 3: business decision and what was best for Bears players, coaches,
Speaker 3: staff and fans. Just a short time ago, also down
Speaker 3: in New Orleans, WHI Jim is covering the Super Bowl,
Speaker 3: Bears Hall of Famer Brian Erlacker, I was able to
Speaker 3: reach him on the phone before he attends a function,
Speaker 3: the great function that coach Ditka started. The Wounded Warriors party,
Speaker 3: always a big one at the Super Bowl. Here's my
Speaker 3: conversation with the Bears middle linebacker Ryan.
Speaker 6: When you heard the news, what's the first thing that
Speaker 6: popped in your head?
Speaker 7: I was sad. You know. I saw her. She was
Speaker 7: at my Hall of Fame party and I saw her
Speaker 7: I think the next year at a home game for
Speaker 7: the Bears. That was actually the Philadelphia playoff game. I
Speaker 7: saw her in the box. And she always is so
Speaker 7: nice and so sweet, you know. But yeah, she showed
Speaker 7: up to my Hall of Fame party. I think the
Speaker 7: game was over at like eleven, and her and the
Speaker 7: family rolled in around twelve thirty after the game just
Speaker 7: to pay their respects. Was pretty awesome. Really sad this
Speaker 7: morning when I heard the news.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I was at that party, and I think it
Speaker 6: was like, yeah, well twelve fifteen stated.
Speaker 7: Right, yeah, well that it was visual. We loved her
Speaker 7: as well. It was nice spirit whenever we saw her
Speaker 7: in the building. You know, she was there every day,
Speaker 7: you know, when I was playing, she was still young.
Speaker 7: She was in her eighties about that, you know, but
Speaker 7: she still went to work every day.
Speaker 6: I can't get out of my head though, the NFC
Speaker 6: title game, this snow Globe game, and she's there with
Speaker 6: a huge mongous smile on her face, soaking it all in,
Speaker 6: ready to receive the George S. Hollis Trophy to signify
Speaker 6: the NFC champion from Terry Bradshaw. Is that something that
Speaker 6: lives in your mind and your memory.
Speaker 7: That's yeah, that's one of my favorite moments of my career. Honestly.
Speaker 7: Just to be on that stage at our at our stadium,
Speaker 7: in front of our fans, playing the way we played
Speaker 7: that day. To be receiving the George House Trophy that
Speaker 7: we won, and you know, his his daughter's receiving and
Speaker 7: with U up thrown the stage is pretty awesome. That's
Speaker 7: one of my when people ask me what my one
Speaker 7: of my favorite moments is, it's definitely that's been my
Speaker 7: top two or three. Just a cool situation, you know,
Speaker 7: to have my teammates up there and her up there
Speaker 7: as well. Receiving that trophy was pretty special.
Speaker 6: You were there for a long time, so did you
Speaker 6: ever have any private moments where their conversations. Did you
Speaker 6: happen to pick her brain or you know, because she
Speaker 6: was always about family, so she was probably.
Speaker 7: Sure a family. Yeah, she's always My kids met her
Speaker 7: a few times when they were in the building. Yeah,
Speaker 7: everything was family first, and you know that from playing
Speaker 7: with playing there for the amount of time I did
Speaker 7: fail her in the facility every day doing their jobs.
Speaker 7: But yeah, we didn't no really private conversations, just like,
Speaker 7: how's your family, how are you? You know? That was
Speaker 7: most of our conversations consisted of that. I don't know
Speaker 7: that we ever talked about football, honestly. It was always
Speaker 7: families and how things are going in that aspect.
Speaker 6: Right, that is one thing, not a lot of football conversation.
Speaker 6: It was always about about the person. Lastly, before I
Speaker 6: let you go and appreciate it. I know you're down
Speaker 6: to the Super Bowl already to enjoy tonight's party with coach,
Speaker 6: did you know? Passing then on? So thank you for
Speaker 6: doing that.
Speaker 7: Fun Jeff, And you know he does such a great
Speaker 7: job with good Aaron great. I've heard your coaches doing better.
Speaker 7: I'm excited about that, you know, I've seen a couple
Speaker 7: a couple of years ago. I saw him and it
Speaker 7: was kind of sad scene them like that. And then
Speaker 7: I heard some news of other day from one of
Speaker 7: the women who run this organization saying that he's doing
Speaker 7: a lot better. He's talking better on the at and
Speaker 7: she said, tell me hi, So I was excited about that.
Speaker 3: That's Bears linebacker Brian Erlacker, the Hall of Famer. We're
Speaker 3: gonna take a break. When we come back, we'll be
Speaker 3: joined by Tom's old teammate and former Bears coach, defensive
Speaker 3: coordinator and outstanding player, Ron Riverao. Join us here on
Speaker 3: Bears Weekly on the SBN one thousand of the Bears
Speaker 3: Radio Network.
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, the Voice of the Bears, Jeff Jonian.
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Speaker 3: Radio covering the Super Bowl down in New Orleans, a
Speaker 3: place that Ron Rivera lebrated with Tom Thayer the rest
Speaker 3: of his teammates in Super Bowl win in nineteen eighty six.
Speaker 3: After the eighty five season, Super Bowl twenty and Ron
Speaker 3: kind enough to join us. Unfortunately, I made that phone
Speaker 3: call to you today, Ron with the news and your
Speaker 3: action was, you know, okay, fell off. Okay, we'll get
Speaker 3: him right back here in a second. So the calls
Speaker 3: are the toughest thing, Tommy, The calls of the bad
Speaker 3: news that somebody has passed away.
Speaker 4: As soon as the news did get out there, you know,
Speaker 4: I heard from a lot of different corners of the
Speaker 4: country about the passing of Virginia. And I think because
Speaker 4: of everybody knew that how old that she had grown
Speaker 4: to that everybody that was not only concerned, but they
Speaker 4: were so appreciative of her adventure in her life and
Speaker 4: her accomplishments and everything. So I think that was a
Speaker 4: significant part of everybody's concern and out and Jim, you.
Speaker 3: Know, listening to Brian Urlacher, I love talking to him
Speaker 3: about what was going on there, great memories for him.
Speaker 3: You know, he was very flattered that she was at
Speaker 3: his Hall of Fame party at that hour.
Speaker 5: Well yeah, I mean, hey, the Bears have a recorded history.
Speaker 5: I mean they've got the most Hall of famers of anybody,
Speaker 5: and obviously with Tester and Brian, you know, the most
Speaker 5: recent and Mongol McMichael. And I mean there's a sense
Speaker 5: of pride now, I mean, she she knows what that means.
Speaker 5: She knows the history of the league and how special
Speaker 5: that is. And you know that's something in her and
Speaker 5: Ed's trophy case and Papa Hallis's trophy case of all
Speaker 5: the great players that they've introduced to the country that
Speaker 5: have played for the Chicago Bears. And there's a sense
Speaker 5: of pride, no different than I'm sure her children. You know,
Speaker 5: she's got wonderful children who all work for the for
Speaker 5: the Bears, from from Mike one down to the Pat
Speaker 5: and Rich and Brian and and what they do and
Speaker 5: how a part of it they are. So there's a
Speaker 5: sense of pride, and she should be proud. And boy,
Speaker 5: what a wonderful life she lived, no.
Speaker 3: Question about it. Ron Rivera now kind of enough to
Speaker 3: join us, Chico. How you doing, man? Think about what
Speaker 3: missus mccatney witnessed firsthand, from Red Grange to Shid Luckman,
Speaker 3: the forties championship run, the sixty three team, the eighty
Speaker 3: five team, alive for eight of the nine championships. I mean,
Speaker 3: nobody on this planet has been able to see all
Speaker 3: that run.
Speaker 8: Nobody has. And that's the amazing thing about who she is.
Speaker 8: You know, she's grown up in this situation and circumstances.
Speaker 8: She's been a very big part of the NFL, and
Speaker 8: she's a big part of Chicago Bear lore. I mean,
Speaker 8: she saw more than anybody else, and now unfortunately we've
Speaker 8: lost her, And you know, I think her legacy will
Speaker 8: carry on, especially if if you were a guy that
Speaker 8: played for that organization and she allows you to become
Speaker 8: part of it. I mean that to me is what's
Speaker 8: really really special.
Speaker 4: Hey, Ron, you know, I grew up in the Chicagoland area,
Speaker 4: so I've known her. For you, McCaskey is my entire life.
Speaker 4: So you come from the West Coast and you come
Speaker 4: into the building and you have a chance for the
Speaker 4: first time to see Virginia McCaskey, to be around her.
Speaker 8: For the period of your career.
Speaker 4: To get the understanding of how serious she is about
Speaker 4: the sport of football. Do you ever remember your initial
Speaker 4: reaction or introduction.
Speaker 8: To her, I do, I do. You know what it
Speaker 8: was interesting was when you made the team back in
Speaker 8: the day. And I don't know if they did that
Speaker 8: to you Tom in eighty five, But in eighty four,
Speaker 8: what happened was Coach Dicka had all the rookies line
Speaker 8: up in front of the team, and and and and
Speaker 8: missus McCaskey came and she introduced Coach introduced us to her.
Speaker 8: And what happened was each one of us was given
Speaker 8: pallace by Hollis and gave us a you know, a
Speaker 8: a welcome and and it was just and it was
Speaker 8: amazing thing because you know, just she was. She was
Speaker 8: such an icon.
Speaker 5: Thanks well for me, Ron. I know you didn't have
Speaker 5: the opportunity to come to the Bears hundredth anniversary. I
Speaker 5: had the opportunity, and obviously Death and tom Ware hosting.
Speaker 5: And from your standpoint, you know, just talk about that history,
Speaker 5: talk about that tradition. I know you were coaching and
Speaker 5: doing your thing, but all those Bears that I just mentioned,
Speaker 5: there's more Chicago Bears in the Hall of Fame, and
Speaker 5: there's a sense of pride. I think from that standpoint.
Speaker 8: There isn't a thing about about Missus mccaskimo or anything else.
Speaker 8: That was how much price you took in us, and
Speaker 8: that I think was one of the things. And you know,
Speaker 8: now I will say this, I know one thing, one
Speaker 8: team that she loved for us to beat was anytime
Speaker 8: we beat Green Bay. You could always see that smile
Speaker 8: on her face when you got on the airplane. And
Speaker 8: that was always neat to.
Speaker 3: See Ron Rivera joining us here on Bears Weekly on ESPN.
Speaker 3: One thousand of the Bears Radio Network, Tom Ron and Jim.
Speaker 3: The crazy thing she had a personal relationship with each
Speaker 3: of the thirty high of famers associated with the Bears.
Speaker 8: Absolutely, No, No, It's just absolutely because just as the
Speaker 8: way you know, she had a relationship with each one
Speaker 8: of her players. I mean, she was there during training camp,
Speaker 8: she was there, she was coming into discility all the time.
Speaker 8: She'd be walking the meetings on occasion, so she was
Speaker 8: around and she was there for us to see and
Speaker 8: for her to greet. So that was something that was
Speaker 8: very special, you know, Ron, in the.
Speaker 4: Course of our lifetime, whether it was Ed McCaskey, mc
Speaker 4: all of them. When you think about your career and
Speaker 4: what came of your career, do you think that you
Speaker 4: would have got into coaching if you weren't surrounded by
Speaker 4: a family owned team like the Chicago Bears in the.
Speaker 2: Environment that we both grew up in.
Speaker 8: You know what, I'm not sure because the thing about
Speaker 8: them and thing that was special about them was they
Speaker 8: wanted to make sure, you know, that we were given
Speaker 8: every opportunity. And that's one thing that I will always
Speaker 8: always remember is just the fact that they gave us
Speaker 8: that kind of an opportunity to grow as as football players,
Speaker 8: grow as people, and when the opportunity came to give
Speaker 8: me a chance, Ed McCaskey helped give me my opportunity
Speaker 8: to get into the NFL as a coach.
Speaker 5: Well, coach Tom Layer talked about it earlier, but your
Speaker 5: Super Bowl twenty victory and the irony you know here
Speaker 5: that was probably one of the ultimate highs in the
Speaker 5: Chicago Bears organization. In Virginia was a part of it
Speaker 5: right there with all you guys, and then here the
Speaker 5: Super Bowl in New Orleans, and I think Tom pretty
Speaker 5: much encapsulated that it's kind of come full circle and
Speaker 5: what a wonderful life her and Ed have lived, you know,
Speaker 5: and it just really the irony.
Speaker 8: Of it, well, it's truly ironic, just just the fact
Speaker 8: that it's here in New Orleans. You know, I just
Speaker 8: happened to be here at the NFL Honors and you know,
Speaker 8: I'm at the event right now. And the crazy part about,
Speaker 8: more than anything else, is just the fact that you know,
Speaker 8: she was so iconic and that now in one of
Speaker 8: the more iconic places, the host of Super Bowl, you know,
Speaker 8: we lose her. And so that was something that I
Speaker 8: will you most certainly remember all.
Speaker 3: Right, Ron, We'll let you go enjoy the show. NFL honors.
Speaker 3: Her name will be definitely be mentioned tonight there. Enjoy
Speaker 3: it down in New Orleans. Thanks for taking the time.
Speaker 8: I promise she'll be remembered. But I appreciate you, guys.
Speaker 8: I'm God bless Virginia McCaskey.
Speaker 3: Thanks appreciate it. Ron rivera Bears linebacker and Bears defensive
Speaker 3: coordinator for that two thousand and five team that went
Speaker 3: to the playoffs. I think some of the responses from
Speaker 3: throughout the league, from the teams, everybody weighing in. I'll
Speaker 3: just take a couple of highlights here. For example, Michael
Speaker 3: Bidwell in Arizona, greatest legacy, the character, compassion, and kindness.
Speaker 3: She demonstrated. They'll never be another like her. In Minnesota,
Speaker 3: carried herself with grace and integrity. You talk about the
Speaker 3: Carolina Owners, the Teppers, an incredible steward of the NFL,
Speaker 3: a trailblazer, the Denver Broncos an indelible legacy of leadership,
Speaker 3: grace and love of football that we'll canntinue to inspire
Speaker 3: four generations. And of course, the Commission of the National
Speaker 3: Football League also weighing in today. We'll hear from some
Speaker 3: of that in his comments on this passing of Virginia
Speaker 3: Haddos McCaskey. We will take a break. Coming up at
Speaker 3: the top of the hour another Hall of Famer Mike Singletary,
Speaker 3: who joined the program. This is Bears Weekly out of
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Speaker 1: Here's your host, the Voice of the Bears, Jeff Julian.
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Speaker 3: this winter. With Tom Thayer, a Super Bowl winning Bears guard,
Speaker 3: and Jim Miller, former Bears quarterback from sirius XM NFL Radio,
Speaker 3: we are celebrating the life of missus Ginia Hattis McCaskey.
Speaker 3: Her passing today garnering the headlines here in the football
Speaker 3: world and in Chicago. George H. McCaskey when they celebrated
Speaker 3: her one hundredth birthday in twenty twenty three, described her
Speaker 3: greatest qualities as her grace, quiet, dignity, humility, and gratitude,
Speaker 3: and revealed that she continues to inspire him every day
Speaker 3: in every way with a remarkable combination of grit and grace. Okay,
Speaker 3: a very nice woman, correct, Tom, faithful, love family. But
Speaker 3: she's tough, you.
Speaker 4: Know, because she was sincere. She had the passion for
Speaker 4: the game. She didn't want to be interrupted. Why she
Speaker 4: was watching the game. She took notes diligently, she had
Speaker 4: an opinion of the performance on the field. And I
Speaker 4: think that's what caught people by surprise a lot of
Speaker 4: the time was they didn't realize what they were going
Speaker 4: up against when they met Virginia McCaskey, either at a game,
Speaker 4: before or after a game. Because on a football Sunday,
Speaker 4: that's all it was about. From the time we got
Speaker 4: on the buses on Saturdays till we got off the
Speaker 4: buses on Sunday. You know, there is a lot of
Speaker 4: emotion that went into those trips, but there's a lot
Speaker 4: of emotions that were attached to each and every play
Speaker 4: every game.
Speaker 3: Jim family meant everything. But think about this eleven children
Speaker 3: twenty one grandchildren, forty great grandchildren and four great great grandchildren.
Speaker 3: By definition, that is matriarch.
Speaker 5: Without a doubt. And there's a lot of nurturing and
Speaker 5: a lot of care involved there. And you want to
Speaker 5: know what, I give her credit for this. I love
Speaker 5: how she reached out because obviously I live in Detroit,
Speaker 5: and she La Fordham obviously took over the lines and
Speaker 5: it was her, it was Gail Benson and Adam's strunk
Speaker 5: down there for the Houston or for the Tennessee Titans.
Speaker 5: Excuse me that, you know, she reached out to him,
Speaker 5: you know, and she really welcomed in. She looked Fordham
Speaker 5: and you know, really welcomed her with open arms and
Speaker 5: what to expect and here's what it is. And and Sheila,
Speaker 5: I know locally in Detroit, has spoken blowingly about Virginia
Speaker 5: McCaskey and really the advice she has given her as
Speaker 5: she's taken on this challenge of turning around the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 5: So credit to Virginia from that front as well.
Speaker 3: Often referred to as the first Lady of the NFL,
Speaker 3: or George would often say the first Lady of Sport.
Speaker 3: The gifts the connection to faith seriously very important six
Speaker 3: point fifteen mess in the first pew.
Speaker 4: Tommy, Yeah, Bailey, you know, I was thinking about Virginia
Speaker 4: because there's we're not the same person the first day
Speaker 4: we walk in the building, then the last day we
Speaker 4: walk out of the building at the end of our career.
Speaker 4: But each and every single time that you walk by
Speaker 4: Missus McCaskey, you want to leave an impression on her
Speaker 4: that you are the quality of person that she expects
Speaker 4: you to be. And I remember when they opened up
Speaker 4: the new Hallis Hall and they were opening and opening
Speaker 4: a chapel there, and she had invited some guests to
Speaker 4: come in there and go to that mass with her.
Speaker 3: And the invitation is so special.
Speaker 4: That you want to go in there with her approval
Speaker 4: and have approval at the end of the day. And
Speaker 4: I think every one of us, whether you're talking about
Speaker 4: Ron Rivera coaching for the Bears, or the way Brian
Speaker 4: Urlacker reflected about his time with Virginia, every single one
Speaker 4: of us who had the pleasure of walking in the
Speaker 4: Hallae Hall, it was about making sure that we left
Speaker 4: in an impression on Virginia that she would be proud of.
Speaker 3: And she showed up for important moments in people's lives, funerals.
Speaker 3: I know she was there for your mom, Yeah, and
Speaker 3: then yeah, she was there.
Speaker 4: And it was probably the only time I really got
Speaker 4: emotional at my mom's service is when Virginia walked in,
Speaker 4: because it was a special moment because I think back
Speaker 4: back in the day when they used to host a
Speaker 4: luncheon for the wives and the mothers of all the players,
Speaker 4: and I remember the first time my mom went to
Speaker 4: one and how impressed she was with Virginia McCaskey, her delivery,
Speaker 4: her presence in the room, her conversation, and so I
Speaker 4: was always excited for you know, my mom that coming
Speaker 4: from Joelay the Illinois, got to go and spend uncheon
Speaker 4: afternoon with a woman like Virginia McCaskey.
Speaker 3: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell his statement today, she leaves a
Speaker 3: legacy of class, dignity, and humanity, faith, family and football
Speaker 3: in that order were her north stars. And she lived
Speaker 3: by the simple adage to always quote do the right thing.
Speaker 3: Tom Fair, Jeff Jioniac, Jim Miller. This is Bears Weekly
Speaker 3: on ESPN one thousand of the Bears Radio network, shortly
Speaker 3: to be joined by Hall of famer Mike Singletary, as
Speaker 3: we celebrate a life lived. One of the things she did.
Speaker 3: She behind the scenes a lot of things, but Nativity sets, Tommy,
Speaker 3: the Orange and Blue rosaries, I know I have many.
Speaker 3: When my kids were born, they got them. That connection
Speaker 3: that was so important to her.
Speaker 4: The charitable side, yeah, I mean the whole terrible side,
Speaker 4: and whether it's as significant as a yearly holiday that
Speaker 4: she loved to celebrate, and she did it traditionally, but
Speaker 4: I always think about Virginia in recent history. I gave
Speaker 4: her a couple books, and she went on to read
Speaker 4: the books, and then she wrote me these handwritten letters
Speaker 4: of appreciation, and her penmanship is like an artist. I've
Speaker 4: saved the letters and I look at them frequently because
Speaker 4: I just think of the time, the approach that she
Speaker 4: took to write these letters, and how much it meant
Speaker 4: to her to make sure that she did something that
Speaker 4: she would approve of that everybody else would be inspired by.
Speaker 3: Jim. I know this that most seasons, and I don't
Speaker 3: know if it happened every season, but in recent vintage,
Speaker 3: she would come and speak to the team before I
Speaker 3: think the rookies in particular, but she would speak to
Speaker 3: the team at started training camp. Were you were you
Speaker 3: a witness to that at any point in your time
Speaker 3: with the Bears.
Speaker 5: No, she didn't do that, but at least when I
Speaker 5: was there, she did not do that. But I do
Speaker 5: remember this. You know, my wife Lea would come home
Speaker 5: from the Bears Care, you know, she would go That's
Speaker 5: something that Virginia had started, and she was very involved
Speaker 5: with the Bears Care and they had the Gala and
Speaker 5: all that and all those events. Those were you know,
Speaker 5: weekly events, and you know, I know a lot of
Speaker 5: the players, wives and a lot of people in the
Speaker 5: community would go to those Bear Care events and that
Speaker 5: Virginia was very involved in that, and that was important
Speaker 5: for her. And that was a big part of getting
Speaker 5: the wives together and getting people to get to know
Speaker 5: one another. And I think that was a big help
Speaker 5: for players as well.
Speaker 3: Yeah. Bearscare the establishment in two thousand and five. Since
Speaker 3: that time, Bearscare is issued grants totaling more than thirty
Speaker 3: one and a half million dollars to two hundred and
Speaker 3: twenty five qualifying age sees to improve the quality of
Speaker 3: life for people in the Chicagoland community, especially disadvantaged children
Speaker 3: and their families, certainly the breast and ovarian cancer awareness
Speaker 3: and the medical research. You know, I hosted that event
Speaker 3: for a long time. And the number of coaches that
Speaker 3: have come through and that they all come to the event,
Speaker 3: but one sticks out, Coach Dave Tobe. His wife had
Speaker 3: cancer and the study and the money spent on the
Speaker 3: research for this particular form of cancer helped save her life.
Speaker 3: So you know, the branches that from this individual and
Speaker 3: the heart of gold that she has helped helping others,
Speaker 3: and through the Piccolo family and the relationship with Brian,
Speaker 3: the relationship with Walter Payton. I mean, these are two
Speaker 3: pillars in her life for sure.
Speaker 4: Well, all of those Bear Care charity events, it was
Speaker 4: always a special moment because all the Bear alumni we
Speaker 4: used to go to the upper level of the Cadillac
Speaker 4: area of the Soldier Field and we get to take
Speaker 4: a picture with Virginia McCaskey, all of us in only
Speaker 4: her And through all the years of having those pictures,
Speaker 4: it was a special moment because as soon as they
Speaker 4: made the announcement for all alumni to gather in that
Speaker 4: specific area, they were all there, and they did it
Speaker 4: with immediacy out of respect for the person that was
Speaker 4: our leader.
Speaker 3: And of course the Bears present an award now every
Speaker 3: year to a team employee who demonstrates the values of grace, humidity,
Speaker 3: loyalty and dedication. It's called the Virginia mccaskie Award, and
Speaker 3: it's an important one. There's a plaque at hawisaw every
Speaker 3: year for that winner. We're going to take a break.
Speaker 3: We'll be joined by other former Bears here coming up.
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Speaker 1: Is Bears Weekly with the voice of the Bears for
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Speaker 3: This segment of Bears Weekly is brought to you by CDW.
Speaker 3: People to get it with Jeff Joniac, Tom Thayer, and
Speaker 3: Jim Miller from Serious x MNFL Radio down in New Orleans.
Speaker 3: Please to be joined now by a man who covered
Speaker 3: the Bears for more than four decades, the great writer
Speaker 3: from the Chicago Tribune, Don Pearson, now enjoying retirement and
Speaker 3: kind enough to join us for reflection because Don, along
Speaker 3: with our good friend Dan POMPEII, authored the Chicago Bears
Speaker 3: Centennial scrapbook back in twenty nineteen. Don good evening, and
Speaker 3: thank you for joining us. First of all, your thoughts
Speaker 3: on the passing of Virginia, somebody that you and Dan
Speaker 3: spent I believe Dan told me twenty hours going through
Speaker 3: the history of the Bears through the eyes of Virginia
Speaker 3: McCaskey and her home and displains back then.
Speaker 9: Well, you're right, Jeff, it was a lot of time,
Speaker 9: and I, as Dan, feel very privileged to be able
Speaker 9: to spend that time with her. She was a remarkable
Speaker 9: lady and and had had an amazing I think she
Speaker 9: was ninety six when we talked to her, and she
Speaker 9: had an amazing memory.
Speaker 3: What is the one story told out of so many
Speaker 3: that really sticks with you that kind of exemplifies what
Speaker 3: she witnessed over the one hundred and plus years of
Speaker 3: Bear's football, or just about her as a person.
Speaker 9: You're going to restrict me to one story, Jeff.
Speaker 3: Go ahead, take your shots.
Speaker 9: Well, I one of the things that I recall when
Speaker 9: that was sort of amazing to her was that when
Speaker 9: she was young, she had a piggy bank. She and
Speaker 9: her brother mugs George Jr. And during the depression, her
Speaker 9: dad had to raid that piggy bank in order to
Speaker 9: make payroll before the ticket tales came in. And when
Speaker 9: you think about that, it's really sort of mind boggling
Speaker 9: to think that here's a team, really an industry that's
Speaker 9: what one hundred and five years old now and she
Speaker 9: was one hundred and two, and it's just just amazing
Speaker 9: that that someone spanned the entire history of a sport.
Speaker 3: Hey, don this top player. Great to talk to you.
Speaker 4: Do you ever recall a moment, maybe back at the
Speaker 4: beginning of your career covering the Bears or some portion
Speaker 4: during during your career, that you kind of realize how
Speaker 4: serious the Bears were to Virginia, you know, because a
Speaker 4: lot of people don't get to see that side of
Speaker 4: her at a game, covering a game or postgame.
Speaker 9: Good good point, Tom. I know she was stunned as
Speaker 9: we all were when Muggs died at age fifty four
Speaker 9: in nineteen seventy nine, and she was really unfre paired,
Speaker 9: really put in an untenable position. And her father has
Speaker 9: to be accountable for that because even after her brother died,
Speaker 9: her father refused to provide her with any kind of preparation.
Speaker 9: They really had no succession plan. And I remember Virginia saying, well,
Speaker 9: more than most people, my dad thought himself immortal. And
Speaker 9: I think that that's really come back to haunt the
Speaker 9: Bears over the years, because you know, it put her
Speaker 9: in a very difficult position, and I think that people
Speaker 9: don't realize, as you said, how much the Bears meant
Speaker 9: to her. I'm not sure she realized it herself until
Speaker 9: she was thrust into this position, and she spent really
Speaker 9: the rest of her life seeing her role as sort
Speaker 9: of a sacred duty to preserve that legacy of her father.
Speaker 5: Well, don Jim Miller here, good to talk to you.
Speaker 5: And I brought it up from a local perspective because
Speaker 5: I lived just north of Detroit. Of how she impacted
Speaker 5: Sheila Ford Hamp and the other you know are Gail Benson,
Speaker 5: you know, other women owners in the NFL, and you
Speaker 5: know how important it is, you know, to really know
Speaker 5: how to own. And Sheila Ford Hamp kind of took
Speaker 5: that torch and wanted to really carry it. And I
Speaker 5: think you know, when you look at Virginia, she was
Speaker 5: a big part in talking to Sheila Ford of areas
Speaker 5: that she can focus on for her team.
Speaker 7: To do well.
Speaker 9: Another good point Jim, and you'd have to add the
Speaker 9: Merra family in there, and the Rooney family. And I
Speaker 9: think the women who bought who were all friends who
Speaker 9: good friends with Virginia always looked up there. I remember
Speaker 9: Paul Tagli about who called her the first lady of
Speaker 9: the NFL, and she certainly earned that uh position and
Speaker 9: and and was a role model for for for many
Speaker 9: of those owners. She was very gracious, very unpretentious. She
Speaker 9: knew what she didn't know. Uh And and what what
Speaker 9: fans I'm sure you've talked about this, but what what
Speaker 9: fans have to understand? And they're they're understandably impatient, But
Speaker 9: she was as impatient as any of the fans.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 9: She she really uh uh, she really understood how important
Speaker 9: the team and then its success was to the city.
Speaker 3: Tom Pearson, our guest here for a couple of more
Speaker 3: moments as we look back in the life of Virginia
Speaker 3: Hallis McCaskey.
Speaker 7: Uh.
Speaker 3: The NFL Films documentary and I and Jim's alluded to
Speaker 3: the the other women in the NFL. A Lifetime of
Speaker 3: Sundays is a must watch if you can find it,
Speaker 3: check it out. You're gonna learn a lot about the
Speaker 3: history of the National Football League and the impact of
Speaker 3: these women. Ton uh I get a kick out of
Speaker 3: the oldest stories though. The the NFL's first postseason game
Speaker 3: indoors at Chicago Stadium nineteen thirty two, the Port Smith
Speaker 3: Spartans and the Chicago Bears, the first NFL championship game
Speaker 3: the Giants and Bears. She was nine years old. I mean, yeah,
Speaker 3: she was there, or or the defeat of the Redskins
Speaker 3: seventy three nothing in the nineteen forty championship game. What
Speaker 3: would lit her up, you know when you asked her
Speaker 3: these questions and what put the biggest smile on her face.
Speaker 9: Well, she always said it was a little bit of
Speaker 9: a surprise to us. But she always said she appreciated
Speaker 9: the nineteen sixty three championship because that was the happiest
Speaker 9: she had ever seen her father. Because her father been
Speaker 9: under a lot of pressure. People thought the game had
Speaker 9: passed him by, and maybe had, but he won that
Speaker 9: championship in nineteen sixty three, and she thought that was
Speaker 9: the happiest she had ever seen him. And of course
Speaker 9: for her personally, of course, there was nothing that That's
Speaker 9: the nineteen eighty five experience.
Speaker 4: You know, don you think of all your experiences and
Speaker 4: putting together all the information from the one hundred year celebration,
Speaker 4: and I think it was one of the greatest events
Speaker 4: in the history of the Chicago Bears. Was there any
Speaker 4: topic that was off limits or is everything answerable by Virginia.
Speaker 9: Tom? I think I say she had a great memory,
Speaker 9: and she did, but she was very Her dad was
Speaker 9: very secretive, as you know. She wasn't so much secretive,
Speaker 9: but she was very protective. I wouldn't say things were
Speaker 9: off limits. She answered every question. She's not a racked
Speaker 9: on tour. She didn't slap her thigh and say remember
Speaker 9: the time that I remember the time that I was
Speaker 9: carried through the train station by Red Grain. She wasn't
Speaker 9: like that. But she answered the questions as best she could.
Speaker 9: She was protective. Uh, but but I don't think anything
Speaker 9: was really off limits. You got to remember this is
Speaker 9: this is someone that that had to pull the trigger
Speaker 9: on her own or eldest son as the president of
Speaker 9: the Bears. That that took a lot of That took
Speaker 9: a lot of courage, and I don't think anything was
Speaker 9: off limits for her.
Speaker 3: Don the.
Speaker 6: Go ahead, go ahead, no, go ahead, go ahead, no,
Speaker 6: no no.
Speaker 3: Go ahea, because we have time for one more.
Speaker 5: Go ahead, Jimmy, Well, I was just gonna ask you, Donna,
Speaker 5: just what it meant, you know, for her father. You know,
Speaker 5: when you purchase the Decatur Staley's and what the Bears
Speaker 5: have become. You know, look at how big the NFL
Speaker 5: is and how you know when Ed passed away, and
Speaker 5: and you know she has really taken over. And then
Speaker 5: of course you know, to bring along George McCaskey and
Speaker 5: the and the rest of the family members to be
Speaker 5: a part of something special. It truly is unique in
Speaker 5: this day and age in the National Football League, and
Speaker 5: it is a sense of pride and it should be
Speaker 5: with the McCaskey family.
Speaker 9: You're absolutely right, and we'll never see anything like it
Speaker 9: in sports. Again. I was thinking today, you know, George
Speaker 9: used to say how they charged each other on the
Speaker 9: running board in Canton one hundred dollars entry fee, and
Speaker 9: they really didn't. They just to make them look legitimate.
Speaker 9: They really didn't have one hundred dollars among them to
Speaker 9: rub together. And now this franchise is worked worth more
Speaker 9: than six billion dollars. And to think, to think that
Speaker 9: she passed on the week of the Super Bowl, which
Speaker 9: is a signature event of the industry that father really founded,
Speaker 9: seems a bit providential to me.
Speaker 3: In the city where Tom Thayer and the Boys won
Speaker 3: Super Bowl twenty on top of it, and John appreciate
Speaker 3: it so much. You're a book of knowledge. Hope you're
Speaker 3: enjoying your retirement. Stay healthy, and thank you for all
Speaker 3: your time. Thanks for all your coverage of the Bears
Speaker 3: for four decades. It was great.
Speaker 9: Well. Thanks, it's great to talk to you guys.
Speaker 3: Don Pearson our guest here on Bears Weekly. One note
Speaker 3: from his partner in crime on that collective book, Dan POMPEII.
Speaker 3: After the seventy three to nothing winn of the nineteen
Speaker 3: forty Championship game, Don writes in The Athletic Today, fans
Speaker 3: tore down the goal post, and she was given some
Speaker 3: of the splinters wooden't splinters from the goal post. For
Speaker 3: years she kept them in her jewelry box. I mean,
Speaker 3: you can't get this anywhere else. It's great stuff. All right,
Speaker 3: final segment coming up will be joined by Jerry Azuma
Speaker 3: and our teammate Jason McKee. It's all coming up next
Speaker 3: on Bears Weekly, and he spn one thousand of the
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Speaker 1: Well, welcome back to Bears Weekly, the Bears Windio Network.
Speaker 1: Here's your host, the Voice of the Bears, Jeff Joianank.
Speaker 3: You by Athletical Physical Bear bea visitt Athletico dot com
Speaker 3: to request at in clinic or virtual appointment that start
Speaker 3: feeling better. Tomorrow, we're celebrating life of Virginia Hallis mccaski
Speaker 3: known at hell Hull as Missus McCaskey, Tom player, Jim
Speaker 3: Miller kind of enough to step away from Super Bowl
Speaker 3: coverage to join us in this special show. Heard a
Speaker 3: lot of great stories. Do we have Jerry online? Okay,
Speaker 3: Jerry Azuma joining us now. We're also gonna hear from
Speaker 3: Jason McKee. Jerry, thanks for taking the time on short
Speaker 3: notice to join us today. I know you've been busy
Speaker 3: with family. You know you joined the board of director
Speaker 3: you know as a player, yes, but your board of
Speaker 3: directors of Bears Care in two thousand and six and
Speaker 3: the president of Bear's Care. I know that means a
Speaker 3: lot to you. But with that you had many, many
Speaker 3: meetings about Bears Care and what it should be with Virginia.
Speaker 3: So what's your perspective on all of this and how
Speaker 3: it impacts that organization.
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean, first and foremost, my condolences to the
Speaker 10: family and the loved ones of Virginia and pretty much
Speaker 10: the whole entire you know, NFL. I'm sure they're feeling
Speaker 10: a certain way about this. But yes, I was very
Speaker 10: fortunate enough to spend some time with Virginia through Bears Care,
Speaker 10: and I'll never forget when I got asked to be
Speaker 10: on that board, and you know, we just had a
Speaker 10: really heartfelt talk about what she wanted to do within
Speaker 10: the community and everything, and that just speaks to like
Speaker 10: who she is as a person. You know, she's always
Speaker 10: about family, faith and then football obviously, and then you
Speaker 10: know she's always about individuals their family and you know
Speaker 10: that's that's one thing that I definitely remember about her
Speaker 10: and will can see to always remember about her.
Speaker 3: Also, jumping in honest right now is the Hall of
Speaker 3: Famer Mike Singletary. Mike, thanks for taking out the time
Speaker 3: on our remaining moments. You heard the news, what was
Speaker 3: your initial thought? Where did your mind and heart go
Speaker 3: with the passing of Virginia McCaskey today.
Speaker 2: Well, first of all, I when I heard the news,
Speaker 2: my mind immediately win to the bobol. Every year when
Speaker 2: my wife and I were fortunate enough to go to
Speaker 2: the Pro Bowl when it was in Hawaii, Ed McCaskey
Speaker 2: in Virginia would take us to dinner and that was
Speaker 2: that was always one of the highlights of being able
Speaker 2: to make the to Bowl, being able to be a
Speaker 2: part of the Bearable organization. That always kind of went
Speaker 2: to the heart of what I felt about the Chicago there,
Speaker 2: being able to be in an organization where you know,
Speaker 2: they always talked about, you know, on the business side
Speaker 2: of it, it was one thing, but it really showed
Speaker 2: me on the family side of it how important things
Speaker 2: that made you feel. And by she and in the
Speaker 2: caps and doing that, that was really always a heartfelt thing.
Speaker 3: Mike, tom Fair.
Speaker 4: Here and it's good to talk to you as always. Hey, Mike,
Speaker 4: So you know I always say that we're not the
Speaker 4: same person walking in the building as we are walking
Speaker 4: out of the building.
Speaker 2: At the end of our career.
Speaker 3: So during the.
Speaker 4: Time of your career, what influences was Virginia on your life,
Speaker 4: not necessarily your football life, with the life of Mike Singletary.
Speaker 2: Wow, and you asked it in another way, I want
Speaker 2: to make sure I have for that right.
Speaker 8: And again, well no, I'm just saying.
Speaker 4: You know, so as a young man when we walk
Speaker 4: into the Bears, when we're drafted from wherever we come from,
Speaker 4: and then we have a chance to spend a good
Speaker 4: career up at hallis Hall, and then you think about
Speaker 4: the influence that Virginia is on your life when you
Speaker 4: leave the building, what was what was Virginia?
Speaker 3: What was her influences.
Speaker 4: In your life? The father like Singletary, not necessarily the
Speaker 4: football player like Singletary.
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, when when I think about Virginia and her influence,
Speaker 2: I always think about uh consistency, you know, being the
Speaker 2: mother of the organization, always been steady, always being faithful,
Speaker 2: always having a quiet strength, and and being able to
Speaker 2: know that no matter what was happening in the organization,
Speaker 2: no matter who was the president of the organization, no
Speaker 2: matter who was of the GM of the organization, you
Speaker 2: knew that somehow, uh the mcgaffe, she was going to
Speaker 2: have influence, she was going to have a power. She
Speaker 2: was going to lean defendulums back to where it needs
Speaker 2: to be in order to make it right. And I
Speaker 2: think that when you know that growing up in an
Speaker 2: organization and growing up in professional football, coming in as
Speaker 2: a young man out of college, of what happened to leaving,
Speaker 2: and knowing what it takes to be a great organization.
Speaker 2: It was always wonderful to know that that kind of
Speaker 2: influence and that kind of consistency and that kind of
Speaker 2: character was in the building.
Speaker 5: Well, well, coach Jim Miller here good to talk to. In
Speaker 5: My last interaction with Virginia was at the one hundred
Speaker 5: year anniversary and I was sitting along at that time.
Speaker 5: Brad Childress was a part of the organization. He and
Speaker 5: I sat in a corner and just watched every player
Speaker 5: go up to Virginia and say thank you, you know,
Speaker 5: for this event and being a part of the Chicago
Speaker 5: you know, it's like a prop parent, you know. You
Speaker 5: could just tell she was just so excited and it
Speaker 5: meant the world to her that every player came up
Speaker 5: and talked to her and said thank you. And I
Speaker 5: love being a part of the Bears, And it was
Speaker 5: wonderful to see what's something special And Brad and I
Speaker 5: just sit and took it all in and watched every
Speaker 5: player do that, and it was wonderful. What was your
Speaker 5: last interaction with Virginia. I know you mentioned the Pro Bowls,
Speaker 5: but maybe where you had a good heart to heart.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, in these last few years have been
Speaker 2: kind of kind of tough to have a heart to heart.
Speaker 2: But I can remember my last interaction with her, My
Speaker 2: wife and I were together a couple of years ago,
Speaker 2: and being able to let her know how much we
Speaker 2: appreciated her, let her know how much we really enjoyed
Speaker 2: her quiet leadership, her quiet presence, and her steadiness, being
Speaker 2: able to all know that she was there. She may
Speaker 2: not say much, but you knew that there was always
Speaker 2: a lot going on on her knee frame for that
Speaker 2: organization and her team and the family.
Speaker 3: Mike, we're gonna let you go appreciate it very much
Speaker 3: for your thoughts and enjoy I'm assuming you're at the
Speaker 3: Super Bowl festivities down there in New Orleans, so enjoy that.
Speaker 3: And God bless my friend.
Speaker 2: Thank you, God bless you.
Speaker 3: Mike Singletary. That's going to wrap up our show. What
Speaker 3: a show it was. It moved quickly, thanks to everybody.
Speaker 3: The executive producer of the Bears Radio Network, Eric Ostrowsky,
Speaker 3: our producers Dan Brilly, Jordan tread Up, and Sean Granny
Speaker 3: and studio. Thanks to our guests Ron Rivera, Mike Singletary,
Speaker 3: Don Pearson, Jerry Azuma. We didn't get to everybody, but
Speaker 3: for Tom Thayer and Jim Miller. I'm Jeff Jonahak. This
Speaker 3: is my thought, my final thought. Humility has presence. Missus
Speaker 3: McCaskey had it, and now she's gonna lift it all
Speaker 3: the way to the heavens. God bless the family. God
Speaker 3: blessed Bears fans, and condolences to everybody in the organization. Anna,
Speaker 3: McCaskey and hallis family that's going to do it for us.
Speaker 3: This has been Bears Weekly. I'm a new radio home
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