George Halas Jr.

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George Stanley Halas Jr. (September 4, 1925 – December 16, 1979) was an American football executive who is one of four presidents in the history of the Chicago Bears franchise of the National Football League (NFL). He was the son of Bears founder and NFL co-founder George Halas and Minnie Bushing. He went to the Loyola University Chicago Quinlan School of Business. George Jr. joined the Bears' front office in 1950. He became treasurer in 1953 and president of the club in 1963. He also nominally served as general manager until 1974, though his father continued to have the final say on football matters during this time.

After 16 years as the club president, he died on the last day of the 1979 regular season from a sudden heart attack. The George Halas Jr. Sports Center was dedicated on September 2, 1982 on the campus of Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. He was a graduate of Loyola University's School of Commerce.^{[citation needed]}

Halas had intended for Mugs to inherit the team upon his death. Upon George Sr.'s death in 1983, Mugs' sister, Virginia, inherited the team.

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