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Conley
10-08-2011, 10:32 AM
Wow, didn't know he was sick. Knew he hadn't looked good for a long time but still it seemed like he was going to keep going for a while. The man loved his Raiders. RIP

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, whose rebellious NFL legend began 60 years ago as an assistant with the Baltimore Colts and was punctuated with a 1992 Pro Football Hall of Fame induction in Canton, has died at 82.

The team's website released the news Saturday morning, posting a simple tribute with his name in large silver letters above "July 4, 1929-October 8, 2011."

The Raiders said the team will issue a statement later Saturday. No cause of death was released, and it was not immediately clear when and where he died.

"Based on personal achievement, team achievement and contributions to the game, no one has had a more profound and lasting impact on professional football," Davis' biography says on the team's website.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/7074380/oakland-raiders-owner-al-davis-dies-82

MMC
10-08-2011, 10:43 AM
Wonder if Madden has any interests in the Raiders.....or Stock I should say.

RIP.....AL!

Conley
10-08-2011, 10:44 AM
Wonder if Madden has any interests in the Raiders.....or Stock I should say.

RIP.....AL!


Good question. Who will run the Raiders now? Al's Family? He ruled with an iron fist not sure if anyone was being groomed to take over?

Captain Obvious
10-10-2011, 06:04 PM
Davis was certainly a character.

RIP

Conley
10-10-2011, 06:12 PM
People were talking chit about him for the past twenty years but yesterday it was all about his 'passion'.

Mister D
10-10-2011, 07:09 PM
Had no idea who he was until yesterday. I've heard the name before but I didn't know he was associated with Oakland.

Captain Obvious
10-10-2011, 07:32 PM
The Kim Jong Il of the NFL

http://www.knickledger.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/raiders-al-davis.jpg

Conley
10-10-2011, 07:35 PM
:roflmao:

I wish I knew what was in that glass.

MMC
10-10-2011, 10:53 PM
Looks Like he kept in the family. His Son seems to be all out up front. Plus now they are are already asking are the Raiders going to move back to LA.