{"id":269343,"date":"2023-02-21T14:46:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=269343"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:46:52","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T20:46:52","slug":"minn-viking-past-owner-red-mccombs-9r-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=269343","title":{"rendered":"Minn Viking Past Owner Red McCombs 95 Has Died"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A former owner of two NBA teams, an NFL franchise and longtime Texas businessman, Billy Joe \u201cRed\u201d McCombs has died at his home in San Antonio, according to a statement from his family on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCombs was 95 and preceded in death by his wife, Charline, in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe entire McCombs family is heartbroken to announce that our father, grandfather and great-grandfather, Red McCombs passed away Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023,” according to the statement that called McCombs \u201ca Texas icon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRed was a visionary entrepreneur who touched many lives and impacted our community in immeasurable ways,\u201d the statement said. \u201cBut to us he was always, first and foremost, \u2018Dad\u2019 or \u2018Poppop.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCombs owned more than 400 businesses during his lifetime, according to the McCombs Enterprises website,<\/a> and the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin is named for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He twice owned the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs and between those two ownership stints owned the league’s Denver Nuggets and later the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the Vikings expressed gratitude to McCombs and condolences to his family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRed embodied his famous \u2018Purple Pride\u2019 phrase and remained a staunch Vikings fan\u201d after selling his ownership of the team, according to the statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhile Red had a clear passion for sports, it was evident what he loved the most were his children and grandchildren,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCombs also played a big role in Formula One\u2019s return to the United States. He was one of the largest investors in the Circuit of the Americas in Austin, the first purpose-built F1 racetrack in the U.S. and host of the U.S. Grand Prix since 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Texas circuit and annual grand prix were pivotal for the global racing series’ efforts to establish and grow a significant presence in the U.S. Formula One will race three times in the country in 2023, in Austin and Miami and the debut of the Las Vegas Grand Prix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginning as an automobile salesman in the early 1950s in Corpus Christi, Texas, he would later establish Red McCombs Automotive, a group of dealerships in San Antonio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He later established McCombs Energy, an oil and gas industry company, and operated real estate and land development companies, cattle ranches and breeding operations. He also was a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, which later became iHeartCommunications, Inc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones called McCombs an inspiration and \u201ca true Texas titan across sports, media, business and philanthropy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRed\u2019s determination, accomplishments and positive spirit will live forever as he embodied a relentless and passionate approach to life, relationships and community,\u201d Jones said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McCombs is survived by daughters Lynda McCombs, Marsha Shields and Connie McNab, as well as eight grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Funeral services were not announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A former owner of two NBA teams, an NFL franchise and longtime Texas businessman, Billy Joe \u201cRed\u201d McCombs has died at his home in San Antonio, according to a statement from his family on Monday. McCombs was 95 and preceded in death by his wife, Charline, in 2019. \u201cThe entire […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":269344,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-269343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=269343"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269347,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269343\/revisions\/269347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/269344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=269343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=269343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=269343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}