Bobby Beathard

Bobby Beathard
	Beathard in 2018
Personal information
Born:	January 24, 1937 (age 85); Zanesville, Ohio
Career information
High school:	El Segundo (CA)
College:	Cal Poly
Undrafted:	1959
Career history
As a player:
	Washington Redskins (1959); San Diego Chargers (1961);
	* Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As an executive:
	Kansas City Chiefs (1963, 1966–1967); Scout; Atlanta Falcons (1968–1971); Scout; Miami Dolphins (1972–1977); Director of player personnel; Washington Redskins (1978–1988); General manager; San Diego Chargers (1990–2000); General manager;
Career highlights and awards
	4× Super Bowl champion (VII, VIII, XVII, XXII); 80 Greatest Redskins; Washington Ring of Fame; Los Angeles Chargers Hall of Fame;
Career NFL statistics
	Player stats at NFL.com
	Executive profile at PFR
	Pro Football Hall of Fame

Robert King Beathard Jr. (/ˈbɛθərd/ BETH-ərd;^[1] born January 24, 1937) is an American former football executive who was a general manager in the National Football League (NFL). Over the course of his 38 years in the NFL, his teams competed in seven Super Bowls (winning four times), beginning with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1966, Miami Dolphins in 1972 and 1973, Washington Redskins in 1982, 1983, and 1987, and the San Diego Chargers in 1994. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Early life and playing career[]

Beathard was born in Zanesville, Ohio, before moving to El Segundo, California, at the age of four. He attended El Segundo High School but did not begin playing football until his sophomore year, as a tailback. In college, he accepted a scholarship to play football for LSU, but returned home after summer practices after feeling homesick. He then enrolled at El Camino Junior College for a year before enrolling at Cal Poly, where he played football as a back-up running back and later the starting quarterback and defensive back, leading Cal Poly to back-to-back 9–1 seasons. He went undrafted in 1959 and had pre-season stints with two professional teams, but was unable to find a spot, spending his early post-college years playing semi-pro football and working various non-football jobs.^[2]

Executive career[]

Scout[]

Beathard first joined pro football in 1963 as a part-time scout for the Kansas City Chiefs. He left the Chiefs briefly to scout for the American Football League and returned to Kansas City full-time in 1966. He earned his first AFL championship ring as a member of the 1966 Chiefs organization.

Beathard served as a scout for the Atlanta Falcons from 1968 through 1971. He was named director of player personnel for the Miami Dolphins on February 22, 1972, succeeding Joe Thomas whose contract dispute with team owner Joe Robbie culminated with his resignation three days prior.^[3] The Dolphins won the following two Super Bowls.

General manager[]

In 1978, the Washington Redskins named Beathard general manager. During his tenure in Washington, Beathard, Russ Grimm, Joe Gibbs, and Art Monk helped lead the Redskins to three Super Bowl appearances and two championships. In addition, the 1991 championship team for the Redskins was primarily composed of players that Beathard had brought to the Redskins. Prominent draft picks for the Redskins under his tenure include Art Monk, Mark May, Russ Grimm, Dexter Manley, Charlie Brown, Darrell Green, Charles Mann, and Gary Clark. Beathard resigned prior to the 1989 NFL Draft, and spent the year as a studio analyst with NFL on NBC.^[4] In 1990, Beathard joined the San Diego Chargers as general manager. In just his third season in San Diego, the organization won its first division title in more than a decade and, appeared in its first Super Bowl in 1994. He retired in 2000.

Personal life[]

Beathard resides with his wife Christine in Franklin, Tennessee.^[5] Beathard's younger brother, Pete Beathard, was a quarterback at USC, the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Oilers. One of Beathard's sons, Casey Beathard, is a country music songwriter.^[6] His other son, Kurt Beathard, is a football coach, formerly the offensive coordinator for Illinois State.^[7]^[8] His grandson, Jeffery "Bobo" Beathard, played four years at Appalachian State University as a wide receiver; while other grandsons, C. J. Beathard is a quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tucker Beathard is a singer-songwriter. In December 2019, another one of Beathard's grandsons, Clayton Beathard, an LIU Sharks quarterback, along with another individual; were murdered in a bar fight in Nashville, Tennessee defending a woman.^[9]

Beathard participated in the 1984 New York City Marathon.^[10] From 2005 to 2009, Beathard was a consecutive 5 time first place winner in the men's age 65 and over group at the World Bodysurfing Championships held annually in Oceanside, California.^[11] Beathard was inducted into the Cal Poly Mustangs Athletics Hall of Fame in 1988.^[12] He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Chargers Hall of Fame in 2018.^[13]^[14] His bust was sculpted by Scott Myers.

References[]

^ Brown, Daniel. "49ers Analysis: How rookie C.J. Beathard showed promise of better days ahead," The Mercury News (San Jose, CA), Sunday, August 20, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2020
^ Attner, Paul; Shapiro, Leonard (April 12, 1981). "BOBBY BEATHARD". Retrieved December 25, 2017 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.
^ Wallace, William N. "Cards Get Anderson, Send Lane to Packers," The New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2020
^ Doerschuk, Steve. "Bobby Beathard had to fight his way to Hog Heaven". CantonRep.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
^ "Bobby Beathard". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-28.
^ "Casey Beathard". Broadcast Music Incorporated. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
^ https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/college-coach-abruptly-quits-puts-all-lives-matter-to-our-lord-sign-on-office-door-while-leaving
^ "Illinois State Athletics". www.goredbirds.com.
^ "What we know about the fatal stabbing that killed 2 outside a Midtown bar". Tennessean.com. December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
^ Bock, Hal (October 26, 1984). "Marathon Week can be hazardous to health". Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina. AP. p. 17. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Cal Poly". Cal Poly. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
^ "Longtime Chargers GM Bobby Beathard Elected to Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Chargers. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
^ Miller, Jeff (September 7, 2018). "Joey Bosa to miss Chargers' opener with left foot injury". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

[1] Brown, Daniel. "49ers Analysis: How rookie C.J. Beathard showed promise of better days ahead," The Mercury News (San Jose, CA), Sunday, August 20, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2020

[2] Attner, Paul; Shapiro, Leonard (April 12, 1981). "BOBBY BEATHARD". Retrieved December 25, 2017 – via www.WashingtonPost.com.

[3] Wallace, William N. "Cards Get Anderson, Send Lane to Packers," The New York Times, Wednesday, February 23, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2020

[4] Doerschuk, Steve. "Bobby Beathard had to fight his way to Hog Heaven". CantonRep.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.

[5] "Bobby Beathard". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26. Retrieved 2011-06-28.

[6] "Casey Beathard". Broadcast Music Incorporated. Retrieved 2007-12-28.

[7] ttps://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/college-coach-abruptly-quits-puts-all-lives-matter-to-our-lord-sign-on-office-door-while-leaving

[8] "Illinois State Athletics". www.goredbirds.com.

[9] "What we know about the fatal stabbing that killed 2 outside a Midtown bar". Tennessean.com. December 22, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.

[Bock-10] Bock, Hal (October 26, 1984). "Marathon Week can be hazardous to health". Times-News. Hendersonville, North Carolina. AP. p. 17. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[11] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-29. Retrieved 2014-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] "Cal Poly". Cal Poly. Retrieved December 25, 2017.

[13] "Longtime Chargers GM Bobby Beathard Elected to Hall of Fame". Los Angeles Chargers. 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[14] Miller, Jeff (September 7, 2018). "Joey Bosa to miss Chargers' opener with left foot injury". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 16, 2019.

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Running backs	M. Allen Battles Bettis J. Brown Campbell Canadeo Csonka T. Davis Dickerson Dorsett Dudley Faulk Gifford Grange Guyon F. Harris Hinkle Hornung James J. H. Johnson L. Kelly Lambeau Leemans F. Little Martin Matson McAfee McElhenny McNally Moore Motley Nagurski Nevers Payton Perry Pollard Riggins B. Sanders Sayers Simpson E. Smith Strong Jim Taylor T. Thomas Thorpe Tomlinson Trippi Van Buren Walker
Wide receivers / ends	Alworth Badgro Berry Biletnikoff T. Brown Bruce Carmichael Carter Chamberlin Fears Flaherty Halas Harrison Hayes Hewitt Hirsch Hutson Irvin C. Johnson Joiner Largent Lavelli Lofton Maynard McDonald Millner Mitchell Monk Moss Owens Pearson Pihos A. Reed Rice Speedie Stallworth Swann C. Taylor Warfield
Tight ends	Casper Ditka Gonzalez Mackey Newsome C. Sanders Sharpe J. Smith Winslow
Offensive linemen	L. Allen B. Brown R. Brown Covert Creekmur D. Dawson DeLamielleure Dierdorf Faneca Gatski Gregg Grimm Hannah Hickerson Hill Hutchinson S. Jones W. Jones Kramer Langer L. Little Mack Matthews Mawae McCormack McDaniel Mix Munchak Muñoz Ogden Otto Pace J. Parker Ringo Roaf Shaw A. Shell Shields J. Slater St. Clair Stanfel Stephenson Tingelhoff Upshaw Webster Wright Yary Zimmerman
Pre-modern era two-way players	Edwards Fortmann Healey Hein Henry Hubbard Kiesling Kinard Lyman Michalske Musso Owen D. Slater Stydahar Trafton Turner Wojciechowicz
Defensive linemen	Atkins Bethea Buchanan Culp W. Davis Dean Dent Doleman Donovan Eller Ford J. Greene Haley Hampton Humphrey D. Jones Jordan Karras Kennedy Lilly Long Marchetti Nomellini Olsen Page Randle Robustelli Sapp Selmon B. Smith Sprinkle Stautner Strahan Ja. Taylor Weinmeister Ra. White Re. White Willis Youngblood
Linebackers	Bednarik Bo. Bell Brazile Brooks Buoniconti Butkus Carson Connor George K. Greene Ham Hanburger Hendricks Huff Jackson Lambert Lanier Lewis Nitschke Richter D. Robinson Schmidt Seau Singletary L. Taylor D. Thomas Tippett Urlacher Wilcox
Defensive backs	Adderley Atwater Bailey Barney Blount W. Brown Butler Christiansen Dawkins Dillon Easley Green C. Harris Haynes Houston J. Johnson Krause Lane Lary Law LeBeau Lott Lynch Polamalu E. Reed Renfro J. Robinson D. Sanders D. Shell E. Thomas Tunnell Wehrli Williams L. Wilson Wood C. Woodson R. Woodson
Placekickers and punters	Andersen Groza Guy Stenerud
Coaches	G. Allen P. Brown Chamberlin Conzelman Cowher Dungy Ewbank Flaherty Flores Gibbs Gillman Grant Halas J. Johnson Lambeau Landry Levy Lombardi Madden Neale Noll Owen Parcells Shula Stram Walsh
Contributors	Beathard Be. Bell Bidwill Bowlen Brandt Carr A. Davis DeBartolo Finks Halas Hunt J. Jones Lambeau T. Mara W. Mara Marshall Nunn Polian Ray Reeves A. Rooney D. Rooney Rozelle E. Sabol S. Sabol Schramm Tagliabue R. Wilson Wolf G. Young

v t Los Angeles Chargers general managers
Formerly the San Diego Chargers (1961–2016)
Frank Leahy (1960) Sid Gillman (1961–1970) Harland Svare (1971–1975) (1976–1986) Steve Ortmayer (1987–1989) Bobby Beathard (1990–2000) John Butler (2001–2002) A. J. Smith (2003–2012) Tom Telesco (2013–present)