Bobby Beathard, who was the general manager for the San Diego Chargers for 10 years and spent more than three decades as an NFL executive, has died from complications from Alzheimer's disease.
SAN DIEGO - Bobby Beathard, who was the general manager for the San Diego Chargers for 10 years and spent more than three decades as an NFL executive, has died from complications from Alzheimer's disease, according to media reports. He was 86.Beathard was the general manager of the San Diego Chargers from 1990 to 1999 and oversaw the team to its only Super Bowl appearance in 1994, when the team lost to the San Francisco 49ers.
Chargers owner Dean Spanos said Beathard was"one of the best judges of football talent in NFL history." Beathard was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018 and was an executive with five teams, including the Super Bowl champion Miami Dolphins and Washington Commanders. "Bobby was, in fact, exceptional. He was one-of-a-kind. And he will be incredibly missed," Spanos said."On behalf of my family and the Chargers organization, we want to extend our deepest condolences to his wife, Christine, and the entire Beathard family on the loss of one of the best to ever do it, be it football or life."
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