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George Stanley "Mugs" 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
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George Stanley "Mugs" 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.
Halas had intended for Mugs to inherit the team upon his death. However, Mugs died on the last day of the 1979 regular season from a sudden heart attack. Thus, upon George Sr.'s death in 1983, Mugs' older sister, Virginia Halas McCaskey, inherited the team.[
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