Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame
- Induction:
- 1988
Bobby Beathard is well known to sports fans throughout the country.
Beathard played quarterback for the Mustangs in the late 1950s and threw for 1,748 yards, leading the team to 25 wins in 30 career games. After graduating from Cal Poly in 1959, he went on to have a long career as a personnel administrator in the National Football League (NFL), having stints with the Kansas City Chiefs (1966-67), Atlanta Falcons (1968-1971), Miami Dolphins (1972-77), Washington Redskins (1978-1988) and San Diego Chargers (1990-99).
Beathard helped lead his teams to a total of seven Super Bowl appearances and won four of them. In his first two seasons with the Miami Dolphins, the team won Super Bowl VII and VIII in which Beathard was a director of player personnel. As a general manager, he led the Washington Redskins to a Super Bowl XVII victory and did it again in Super Bowl XXII.
He also took the San Diego Chargers to their only Super Bowl appearance in franchise history in 1994. In total, Beathard won 10 division titles on top of his four Super Bowl rings and was responsible for drafting Hall of Famers Junior Seau, Art Monk, Russ Grimm and Darrell Green.
Beathard was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame during the enshrinement ceremony Aug. 4, 2018, in Canton, Ohio.
He has remained a generous supporter of the Mustang athletic program. He and his wife live in the San Diego area.
