Red McCombs, the former owner of the Spurs, Nuggets and Vikings, died at the age of 95 on Sunday, his family announced.
“Red was a visionary entrepreneur who touched many lives and impacted our community in immeasurable ways,” the family’s statement read. “But to us he was always, first and foremost, ‘Dad’ or ‘Poppop.’ We mourn the loss of a Texas icon.”
The Texas native hopped into the sports scene in the 1970s when he purchased the Dallas Chaparrals basketball team and renamed them to the Spurs. He then relocated them to San Antonio that same year, for the 1973–74 season. McCombs later helped the Spurs jump from the ABA to the NBA in the 1976 merger.
