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11 unusual facts about Oakland Raiders


Baron Wolman

In 1974, Wolman spent a year with the Oakland Raiders football team, using his full-access status to photographically document the entire 1974 season.

Dutch Dotterer

Mike was drafted by the New York Yankees (1979,1983), the Oakland Athletics (1982) and in the NFL by the Los Angeles Raiders (1983) where he was a member of the 1984 Super Bowl Championship Team.

Jennifer Edwards

is an American actress best known for playing the title role in the NBC made-for-television movie Heidi (which interrupted the New York Jets vs. Oakland Raiders game now called The Heidi Bowl), which aired on November 17, 1968.

KHKK

During the NFL regular season, the Hawk is one of the twenty stations that broadcast Oakland Raiders games.

Mark Dominik

In 2002, Dominik was in the organization when Jon Gruden guided the Buccaneers to their first world championship, in their Super Bowl XXXVII victory over the Oakland Raiders.

Pepe Yñiguez

From 1993-95 he also served as the Spanish radio broadcaster for the Los Angeles Raiders.

Reggie McKenzie

Reggie McKenzie (linebacker), linebacker who played in the NFL, 1985–1992 and current general manager for the Oakland Raiders.

Robert Comer

Comer's last words were "Go Raiders", a reference to the Oakland Raiders of the NFL.

Stacy Bromberg

She is a fan of the Oakland Raiders and gets her nickname The Wish Granter from her work in various charities.

Terrell Williams

Terrell Williams (born June 19, 1974) is an American football coach, and currently the defensive line coach for the Oakland Raiders.

Will Holder

In 2005, he joined the Oakland Raiders at their NFL Training Camp.


1970 New Orleans Saints season

Dempsey's record stood alone until it was tied by Jason Elam of the Denver Broncos in 1998 and equaled by Sebastian Janikowski of the Oakland Raiders in 2011 and David Akers of the San Francisco 49ers in 2012.

1994 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1994 Los Angeles Raiders season was the team's 13th and final season in Los Angeles, before returning to their original home in Oakland the following season.

2007 Buffalo Bulls football team

Trevor Scott and Jamey Richard were drafted by the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts respectively, while punter Ben Woods signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns.

Brian Robiskie

Younger brothers Andrew Robiskie (Oakland Raiders) and Kyle Robiske (Western Illinois Leathernecks) following in the family footsteps set by father Terry Robiskie who was drafted by the Oakland Raiders.

Cherryville, North Carolina

Jack Tatum (born in Cherryville, November 18, 1948), professional football player with the Oakland Raiders and Houston Oilers of the National Football League, three-time Pro Bowl selection and Super Bowl champion

Claude Humphrey

During the Super Bowl XV highlight film, Humphrey was witnessed throwing a penalty flag at referee Ben Dreith after Dreith flagged Humphrey for roughing Oakland Raiders quarterback Jim Plunkett.

Dorothy Stolze

She remained a sports fan throughout her life and regularly attended the Athletics and Raiders games in the Bay Area.

Jim Breech

James Thomas Breech (born April 11, 1956 in Sacramento, California) is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992.

John David Booty

Booty is the younger brother of former Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders quarterback Josh Booty (who threw for 3,951 yards and 24 touchdowns during two years with LSU's football team) and former LSU and Valdosta State University wide receiver Abram Booty (who caught 117 passes for 1,768 yards during three years at LSU).

Kareem Larrimore

In 2001, he was suspended for the final preseason game and the first regular season game and fined for missing curfew when the Cowboys traveled to Mexico City to play the Oakland Raiders in the American Bowl.

Kingston Raiders

After a dismal season in 1987–88, he hoped that the team could acquire the "tough" image of the Los Angeles Raiders football team by adopting their name and new black and silver uniforms, similar to those recently adopted by the NHL's Los Angeles Kings.

Pat Swilling

Patrick Travis Swilling (born October 25, 1964) is a former American football linebacker in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Detroit Lions, and Oakland Raiders, and a former delegate in the Louisiana House of Representatives.

Port Allen, Louisiana

Port Allen is the hometown of Tracy Porter, currently a cornerback for the Oakland Raiders, who played for the New Orleans Saints in 2009, and clinched the Saints' win in Super Bowl XLIV with his late fourth quarter interception of a pass by Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning.

Ralph Ortega

Two of his Coral Gables Cavaliers football teammates, defensive back Neal Colzie and fullback-linebacker Glenn Cameron, were first-round 1975 NFL Draft picks of the Oakland Raiders and Cincinnati Bengals, respectively.

Randy McClanahan

Randy McClanahan (born December 12, 1954 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is a former professional American football player who played linebacker for five seasons for the Los Angeles Raiders and Buffalo Bills.

Saintsations

The Saintsations are no secret to the international stage as their first border-crossing performance was in 1990 at London when the Saints played the Oakland Raiders in a pre-season contest where they did countless appearances during the week leading into the game and on game day, they would repeat this in 1993 when the Saints played in Tokyo for a pre-season game vs the Philadelphia Eagles.

Sam Cowart

Cowart was indirectly involved in the Minnesota/Oakland trade that sent Randy Moss to the Oakland Raiders in exchange for linebacker Napoleon Harris, a 1st round pick (7th overall) and a 7th round pick.

Shar Pourdanesh

Shahriar Pourdanesh (born July 19, 1970 in Tehran, Iran) is a former American football offensive lineman who played in the National Football League for the Washington Redskins, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Oakland Raiders from 1996 to 2001 when in 2001 a severe knee injury cut his career short.