What is the patch the Chicago Bears are wearing on their uniforms?

The Chicago Bears are wearing a large “VMH” patch on the front of their uniforms this season.

What does it stand for and who is it for?

The patch honors Virginia Halas McCaskey, the beloved matriarch of the storied franchise who passed away earlier this year.

Her son, first-time Bears chairman George H. McCaskey, helped come up with the idea along with director of equipment Tony Medlin.

“I was down at the equipment department, one of my favorite places in the building, and Tony called me over,” McCaskey told ChicagoBears.com.

“They had just started putting the patches on the jerseys, and they showed me one of them. I knew when I saw it, that he had done right by her.”

The patch, stitched in the shape of a football, features Mrs. McCaskey’s initials on the Bears’ jerseys.

Its design closely mirrors the patch the team wore during the 1983 season to honor founder, owner, and Hall of Fame coach and player George Halas, who passed away on October 31 of that year.

“We thought it would be appropriate if her patch mirrored her dad’s from 1983,” McCaskey said.

“So it’s the same size, the same color combination. The only thing that’s different, of course, is the initials. We thought that was the right thing to do.”

 McCaskey passed away at the age of 102

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