Classic Raiders Newspaper Headlines

[Randy]

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=894&dat=19980123&id=Wf5OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fU0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3498,3029278

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/01/22/SP3165.DTL

[Randy]

Classic Raiders newspaper headline in 1980, "Raiders Trade Stabler To Oilers For Pastorini"
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H08sAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sM0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3421,3371590&dq=oakland+raiders+quarterback&hl=en


and another, longer one:
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=861&dat=19800315&id=Dc5HAAAAIBAJ&sjid=U38MAAAAIBAJ&pg=7270,3550763


Plus an article describing how Stabler was disgruntled in 1979, just before the trade:
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1095212/

[Randy]

Classic Raiders newspaper headline in 1978, "Raiders Sign Plunkett To Three 1-Year Contracts"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sAAkAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hGcEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6900,6549214&dq=oakland+raiders+quarterback&hl=en

[Randy]

Coach Rouch says, "Raiders Confident for Packers Duel"

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Pn9QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=mRAEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5585,201245&dq=oakland+raiders&hl=en

[Randy]

I decided to add this new category, "Raiders History" to the boards. I'll be adding more topics within it as I come up with more Raiders History related items.

I'll start this category with a new topic, "Classic Raiders Newspaper Headlines".

I ran across this great old newspaper scan announcing that Al Davis had been hired as the Raiders Head Coach and General Manager, for a combined salary of $20,000 a year.

Classic Headline, "RAIDERS NAME AL DAVIS COACH":

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zMleAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZTIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2982,2705870&dq=oakland+raiders+al+davis+coach+fired&hl=en