The late Alex Spanos once told me that running a construction and real estate empire was a snap for him, compared with overseeing an NFL team. “In football I wasn’t able to find the right people,” Spanos said in 1991, recalling his rough start.
Impatient and volatile, Spanos exhibited flaws not atypical for a new sports team owner. He’d made a fortune elsewhere but was out of his depth in the football world.
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When Spanos hired Bobby Beathard in 1990, six years after buying control of the Chargers, he found his true north.