Raiders History
Raiders in the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Waren Sapp
DL, MIAMI, 13 Years, JOINED RAIDERS: FRE AGENT, 2004
INDUCTED INTO PRO FOOTBAL HAL OF FAME: AUGUST 3, 2013
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 3, 2013…Played 13 NFL seasons, including his final four
years with Oakland…Saw action in 198 career games with 188 starts with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and
Raiders…Totaled 96.5 career sacks, the second most by an interior lineman in NFL history…Named All-
Pro four times…Selected to seven straight Pro Bowls from 1997-2003…Part of two NFL All-Decade Teams
(1990s and 2000s)…Named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1999 after posting 12.5 sacks and four
forced fumbles…Set a Tampa Bay franchise record with 16.5 sacks in 2000…Played in nine postseason
contests with the Buccaneers, including Super Bowl XXXVII vs. Oakland…Played for the Silver and Black from
2004-07…Started all 58 games in which he appeared for Oakland…Totaled 19.5 sacks, one interception,
four forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries with the Raiders…Recorded 10 sacks in 2006…Played
three years at Miami (Fla.)…Recipient of the 1994 Lombardi Award, presented annually to the nation’s top
linebacker/lineman…A first-team All-American selection as a junior…Named Big East Conference Defensive
Player of the Year…Selected by the Buccaneers as the 12th overall pick in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Ray Guy
P, Southern Mississipi, 14 years, Joined Raiders: First Round Draft Choice, 1973
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame: August 2, 2014
First pure punter ever elected to the Hall of Fame…Largely revolutionized the position with his booming
kicks, introducing the term “hang time” into the modern-day football lexicon and helping pioneer directional
punting…Became the first punter selected in the first round of the NFL Draft when the Silver and Black
chose him 23rd overall in 1973…Punted 14 seasons for the Raiders…Played in 207 consecutive games,
finishing career ranked third on the team’s all-time participation list…Punted 1,049 times for 44,493 yards,
averaging 42.4 yards per effort…Also placed 209 punts inside the 20-yard line and had only three punts
blocked…Averaged more than 40 yards per punt in 13 of 14 seasons…Named as the punter for the NFL’s
75th Anniversary Team in 1994 and selected to the NFL’s All-Decade Team for the 1970s…Played in seven
Pro Bowls (1973-78, 80) and was named first-team All-Pro six times (1973-78)…Also named second-team
All-Pro twice (1979-80)…Posted a career-high 45.3-yard punting average on 69 punts as a rookie in 1973…
Led the NFL in punting average three times; 1974 (42.2 avg.), 1975 (43.8 avg.) and 1977 (43.3 avg.)…Also
finished second in the NFL in punting three times (1973, 78, 81)…Played on three Super Bowl champion
Raider teams, helping the Silver and Black win NFL titles in Super Bowls XI, XV and XVIII…Played in 22
postseason games, averaging 42.2 yards on 111 punts…Had a career-long 77-yard punt against Denver
in 1977…Finished his pro career with 619 straight punts without a block…An All-American at Southern
Mississippi, averaged 44.7 yards on 200 punts…Also played kicker and safety, recording 18 interceptions in
three seasons…Namesake for the Ray Guy Award, presented annually by the Greater Augusta Sports Council
to the nation’s top collegiate punter.
Ron Wolf
Raiders Personel Executive/Contributor, 1963-74, 1979-89; NFL veteran, 1963-2001
INDUCTED INTO PRO FOOTBAL HAL OF FAME: AUGUST 8, 2015
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on Aug. 8, 2015…Top NFL personnel executive for nearly four
decades…Along with Al Davis, helped build Raiders into a dominant franchise…In 23 seasons over two
stints with the Silver and Black, helped Raiders post winning campaigns in all but six years, claiming 10
division titles, playing in eight AFL/AFC Championship Games and three Super Bowls, including victories in
Super Bowls XV and XVIII…Part of a scouting process that saw the Raiders draft eight future Hall of Famers,
including Gene Upshaw, Fred Biletnikoff, Art Shell, Ray Guy, Dave Casper, Howie Long, Marcus Allen and Tim
Brown…First joined Raiders as a scout in 1963…Left team briefly to work in the American Football League
office in 1966, but returned just months later when the AFL-NFL merger was announced…Helped build team
that won the AFL title and appeared in Super Bowl II in 1967…Became General Manager of the expansion
Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 1976, starting a franchise that reached the NFC Championship Game in just its
fourth season…Returned to Raiders in 1979 and was part of a team that made five playoff appearances and
won two Super Bowl titles in first seven seasons back with franchise…Joined New York Jets as Personnel
Director in 1990…Named Executive Vice President/General Manager of the Green Bay Packers late in the
1991 season…In 1995, helped Packers claim first division title in 23 years…Helped lead the Packers to
three straight NFC Central titles and back-to-back appearances in the Super Bowl, including a Super Bowl
XXXI victory following the 1996 season.
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