Red McCombs, the billionaire who owned two professional basketball teams and an NFL team, has died at the age of 95. His family remembered him as a 'Texas icon.'
Red McCombs, the billionaire American businessman who brought professionalThe Vikings announced McCombs’ death on Monday.are saddened by the passing of former team owner Red McCombs," the team said. "Red embodied his famous ‘Purple Pride’ phrase and remained a staunch Vikings fan after passing the torch to the Wilf family in 2005. While Red had a clear passion for sports, it was evident what he loved the most were his children and grandchildren.
Texas Longhorn alumni and donor, Red McCombs is escorted to the field for the coin toss prior to 13-10 loss to the Oklahoma State Cowboys on October 21, 2017 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, TX. McCombs was partly responsible for bringing pro basketball to San Antonio and appeared to be determined to reinvent the city after a spat with then-president Lee Iacocca in the late 1960s. He got a group of investors and brought the Dallas Chaparrals to San Antonio and renamed them the Spurs.
The team then brought in George Gervin who dominated the American Basketball Association and put the league on the map. The Spurs would join the NBA after the merger with Gervin spending the rest of his Hall of Famer career there. McCombs sold his stake in the organization two years later and bought the
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