Angelo Drossos
- January 9, 1997
- 68 years
- Parkinson's disease
About Angelo Drossos
Angelo Drossos was a notable figure. Drossos died in 1997 at the age of 68.
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|Angelo Drossos (October 31, 1928 – January 9, 1997) was the owner of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team from 1973 to 1988, from its time in the American Basketball Association through the ABA-NBA merger and into its years in the National Basketball Association. Drossos received the NBA Executive of the Year Award in 1978 and was instrumental in bringing the three-point field goal to the NBA. He died at age 68 in 1997 after battling supranuclear palsy.
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