It’s been a good week for the Beathard family.
Last Saturday, 49ers rookie quarterback C.J. Beathard had an impressive showing in the team’s second preseason game, throwing for over 100 yards and a touchdown, and further strengthening his push to open the season as San Francisco’s second string quarterback. On Friday, his grandfather, legendary NFL general manager Bobby Beathard, was named as a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2018.
BREAKING: longtime GM/personnel administrator Bobby Beathard named contributor finalist for #PFHOF18 @Redskins @Chargers @MiamiDolphins
— Pro Football HOF (@ProFootballHOF) August 25, 2017
The elder Beathard, 80, was a highly-regarded personnel administrator during his career 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). Collectively, his teams won 10 division titles, seven league/conference championships and four Super Bowls (Miami in Super Bowls VII and VIII; and Washington in Super Bowls XVII and XXII).
“There’s nothing I love more than football,” Beathard commented by phone shortly after the completion of today’s selection meeting according to a Pro Football Hall of Fame press release. “I feel like I’ve gone through life without a job and got paid for it.”
Beathard has been nominated as a “contributor,” a category in the Hall of Fame for “individuals who made outstanding contributions to professional football in capacities other than playing or coaching.” Beathard will need 80 percent of the vote to be elected by a 48 member selection committee next August.