Raiders History
George Blanda
QB-K, KENTUCKY, 26 YEARS, JOINED RAIDERS: TRADE, HOUSTON, 1967
INDUCTED INTO PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: AUGUST 1, 1981
The first player to celebrate a Silver Anniversary in pro football, ending his NFL career in 1975 with
an all-time high 26 seasons...Set an NFL record with 2,002 points...Completed 1,911 passes in career
for 26,920 yards and threw for 236 touchdowns...Played in 224 consecutive games, 340 overall...
Retired as Raiders all-time scoring leader with 863 points...Led NFL eight times in extra points scored
in a season,
including 64 in 1961...Missed only 16 of 959 attempts in 26 years...Kicked 335 field
goals, including nine of 50 yards or more...Named 1970 Player of the Year for quarterbacking and
kicking feats...Winner of 1970 Gorman Award as “Player Who Best Exemplifies the Pride and Spirit of
the Oakland Raiders”...Set Raider single-season scoring record with 117 points in 1968...Played in 11
championship games, seven with Raiders...Played on three AFL Championship teams, one with Oakland
and two with Houston...Named to AFL-NFL 25-year All-Star Team...Chosen for the Hall of Fame in his
first year of eligibility.
WILIE BROWN
CB, GRAMBLING, 16 YEARS, JOINED RAIDERS: TRADE, DENVER, 1967
INDUCTED INTO PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: JULY 28, 1984
Shares Raider all-time lead in interceptions with 39...All-Pro seven times, played in five AFL All-Star Games
and four NFL Pro Bowls...Named to All-Time AFL team at cornerback in 1969...Played in three AFL and
six AFC Championship Games with Raiders, plus Super Bowls II and XI...Set Super Bowl record with 75-
yard interception return for touchdown against Minnesota in Super Bowl XI...Had two other postseason
interception returns for touchdowns—against Miami in 1970 and Pittsburgh in 1973...Intercepted at
least one pass for a then-NFL record 16 consecutive seasons... Intercepted 54 passes in career, with 472
return yards, two touchdowns
in league play...Tied NFL record with four interceptions against N.Y. Jets
on November 15, 1964...Played in 205 games...MVP in 1965 AFL All-Star Game...Winner of 1968 Gorman
Award as “Player Who Best Exemplifies the Pride and Spirit of the Raiders”...Raiders defensive captain
for 10 years...Selected to AFL-NFL 25-year All-Star team...Chosen to the Hall of Fame in first year of
eligibility...Originally signed as free agent by Houston Oilers, played four seasons with Denver Broncos...
Served as Raiders defensive backfield coach from 1979-88... Head football coach at Long Beach State in
1991 and at L.A. Jordan High School in 1994...Inducted to Louisiana Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and into
Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in 1994...Rejoined Raiders in 1995 as Director of Squad Development and
returned to on-field coaching, tutoring Raider cornerbacks until retiring as a position coach…Currently
serves on the football operations staff with the Raiders.
GENE UPSHAW
G, TEXAS A&I, 15 YEARS, JOINED RAIDERS: 1ST ROUND DRAFT CHOICE, 1967
INDUCTED INTO PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME: AUGUST 8, 1987
All-Pro or All-Conference eight times, played in six Pro Bowls and one AFL All-Star Game...Second alltime
Raider leader in games played with 217...Missed only one league game in career...207 consecutive
league games and starts are both second on Raider list...First player in NFL history to participate in
Super Bowls in three different decades (after 1967, 1976 and 1980 seasons)... Holds Raider all-time
record with 24 playoff game starts...Offensive team captain for nine years (1973-81)...Only second
guard inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame...During 15-year active pro career, the Raiders made 11
playoff appearances, won eight division titles, one AFL Championship, two AFC titles and two World
Championships of Professional Football...Named to AFL NFL 25-year All-Star, NFL 75th Anniversary All-
Time and All-Monday Night Teams...Chosen to the Hall of Fame in first year of eligibility...Served as
Executive Director of NFL Players Association from 1983 until his passing in 2008.
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