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Chargers owner Alex Spanos, a plain-spoken, self-made billionaire from Stockton who bought a majority stake in the NFL football club in 1984, died Tuesday morning, the team announced. He was 95.
“We have no words that can adequately express our sadness with his passing,” the Chargers said in a statement. “We will continue to honor his legacy by dedicating ourselves to making a difference in the community and throughout our country.”
The Spanos family has owned the Chargers since Spanos, a construction magnate from Stockton, bought a controlling interest for $48.3 million from Eugene Klein. The club has reached one Super Bowl, following the 1994 season, a game it lost to the favored San Francisco 49ers.
Alex Spanos ceded day-to-day operations of the club to his son Dean in 1994 and was reduced by dementia in recent years. The family, headed by Dean Spanos and his three siblings, chose to move the football club to the Los Angeles area in January 2017 after NFL owners provided it the first option to join the Rams in a privately financed stadium in Inglewood
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Alex Spanos was a shining example of how the American spirit of hard work and determination can pay off for those willing to follow their dreams.
Alex Spanos was a shining example of how the American spirit of hard work and determination can pay off for those willing to follow their dreams.
"I always believed in the pursuit of one's dreams. In buying the Chargers, I've been able to realize a dream," Spanos said upon purchasing the team in 1984.
In 1951, at the age of 27, Spanos decided he could no longer support his growing family on $40 per week working in his father's bakery. As a result, he borrowed $800, purchased a used catering truck and set out on his own by providing catering and support services for the migrant farm workers in California's Central Valley.
From those humble beginnings, Spanos' tireless work ethic built one of the leading real estate and development companies in the industry and ultimately positioned him as patriarch of one of the most accomplished and philanthropic families in the U
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Alex Spanos
American billionaire real estate developer and founder of the A.G. Spanos Companies
Alex Spanos | |
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| Born | Alexander Gus Spanos (1923-09-28)September 28, 1923 Stockton, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 9, 2018(2018-10-09) (aged 95) Stockton, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of the Pacific |
| Occupation(s) | Majority shareholder, San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers Founder, A. G. Spanos Companies |
| Spouse | Faye Papafaklis (m. 1948; died 2018) |
| Children | 4, including Dean Spanos |
Alexander Gus Spanos (September 28, 1923 – October 9, 2018) was an American billionaire real estate developer, founder of the A. G. Spanos Companies, and the majority owner of the San Diego / Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL).
Early life and education
Spanos was born in Stockton, California, to Greek immigrants[1] Constantino and Evanthia Spanos.[2] His father owned a bakery[1] where the young Spanos started working at the age of eigh
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