Red
McCombs at a glance …
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Born in
Spur, Texas, and considers Hamlin as his hometown
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Attended Southwestern
University and the University of Texas at Austin in both the
School of Business and School of Law
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He began his career as
a salesman in the automobile business in Corpus Christi in
1950. In 1958, he relocated to San Antonio where he became a
partner, then sole owner of Red McCombs Automotive. In
addition to his auto interests, he is co-founder of Clear
Channel Communications and McCombs Energy Corp. in Houston
and is active in a variety of other businesses.
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McCombs has served
leadership roles in many national, state and local
organizations. He served as chairman of the Board of
Trustees of Southwestern University where he was honored as
Distinguished Alumnus, and he served as chairman of the
Board of Visitors of the University of Texas M. D. Anderson
Cancer Center in Houston.
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McCombs was honored as
a Distinguished Alumnus of the University of Texas at
Austin, where he was honored when their nationally acclaimed
business school was renamed the Red McCombs School of
Business. He has also been honored with numerous local,
state and national recognitions including the San Antonio
Business Hall of Fame, San Antonio Sports Hall of Fame, the
National Automobile Dealers Hall of Fame and the Texas
Business Hall of Fame.
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Recently, the National
Football Foundation presented him with the College Hall of
Fame honor in New York and The Texas Sports Hall of Fame
recognized him with the first annual Lamar Hunt Lifetime
Achievement in Sports Award.
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McCombs is the former
owner of the NFL Minnesota Vikings, the NBA Denver Nuggets
and the San Antonio Spurs, which he secured for the city in
1972. At age 25, he purchased his first professional sports
team, the Corpus Christi Texas Clippers in the Big State
Baseball League.
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McCombs married the
former Charline Hamblin in Corpus Christi in 1950. Their
daughters, Lynda McCombs, Marsha Shields and Connie McNab,
and eight grandchildren all reside in San Antonio.
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