• stories derive from Al Davis. Childhood friends depicted him as more of a talker than a fighter, although very good with his mouth. Young Al's sport of choice...
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    New York, to Al and Carol Davis. He is a graduate of California State University, Chico. Prior to inheriting co-ownership of the team, Davis was involved...
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  • (WNBA). Davis is the widow of longtime Raiders' owner Al Davis, and inherited the team upon her husband's death on October 8, 2011. Al Davis suggested...
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    Tom Cable was fired by Al Davis soon after the season ended for remarking "I finally began to feel that we weren't losers." Davis then promoted offensive...
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  • Al "Bummy" Davis (January 26, 1920 – November 21, 1945), born Albert Abraham Davidoff, was an American lightweight and welterweight boxer who fought from...
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    and is named after former Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis. Since 2006, the top-tier seating of Mount Davis has been covered by tarpaulin during all Oakland...
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    losses. Al Davis owned the team from 1972 until his death in 2011. Control of the franchise was then given to Al's son Mark Davis, with Al's wife Carol...
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  • Al Davis (1929–2011) was an American football executive. Al Davis may also refer to: Al Davis (baseball) (flourished 1940s), American baseball player...
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    NFL team until the 2016 season. Prior to the 1980 season, Raiders owner Al Davis attempted unsuccessfully to have improvements made to the Oakland Coliseum...
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    and late owner Al Davis. During a 2009 interview with Sportsradiointerview.com Brown commented on his former boss: “Meeting Al (Davis) was pretty unique...
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    (AFL) preseason and owner Al Davis considered relocating the team there. On March 21, 2016, when asked about Las Vegas, Davis said, "I think the Raiders...
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  • the original Cashman Field and was organized by Raiders general manager Al Davis and Wilbur Clark of the Desert Inn as a charity game to benefit 'Wilbur...
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  • primary election. "Sen. Al Davis". Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska Legislature. Retrieved October 25, 2013. "Senator Al Davis's Biography". Project Vote...
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    Bowe and Craig Davis. Former Detroit Lions general manager and Raiders linebacker Matt Millen said in 2015 he warned Raiders owner Al Davis not to draft...
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    through mediation in July 2021. The wins remained vacated. Raiders' owner Al Davis hired the 31 year-old Kiffin on January 23, 2007, making him the youngest...
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    Raiders owner Al Davis when he had then quarterback Elvis Grbac throw a football at Davis' head, which missed by a few inches as Davis was able to dodge...
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  • James Davis (August 13, 1952 – July 19, 2012) was an American comedian, writer, and author. He is best known for his comedy partnership with Al Franken...
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  • Stram, Lou Saban, Sid Gillman and Al Davis were eventual hall of fame coaches such as Bill Walsh, a protégé of Davis with the AFL Oakland Raiders for one...
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    Al Davis, Madden, and Flores are the only Raider coaches to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their contributions as coaches. Davis,...
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    the Conference Championship game. Al Davis, owner of the Raiders, fired Shell after a 9–7 season in 1994, a move Davis later called "a mistake." After leaving...
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    Gruden was chosen by the owner and general manager of the Oakland Raiders, Al Davis, to be the Raiders' new head coach for the 1998 season. Under Gruden, the...
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  • retirement after the 1978 season, because the team's longtime former owner Al Davis (until his death during the 2011 season) preferred offensive-minded head...
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    of which Davis was a member. At Arista, Davis signed Barry Manilow, followed by Aretha Franklin, Dionne Warwick, Patti Smith, Westlife, Al Jourgensen...
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  • NFC West, something that Mark Davis volunteered the Raiders to be willing to do. Davis's father and Raiders founder Al Davis was a staunch opponent of the...
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    Gogolak) in early 1966, American Football League commissioner Al Davis had shaken the NFL. Davis had immediately started signing NFL stars such as Roman Gabriel...
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  • Al Davis is an American former Negro league third baseman who played in the 1940s. Davis played for the Newark Eagles in 1943. In 11 recorded games, he...
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    simple." Nahas had to be a diplomat dealing with the egos of Raiders owner Al Davis, Athletics owner Charles O. Finley, and Warriors owner Franklin Mieuli...
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  • director of pro personnel of the Eagles in 1998. Later that same year, Al Davis hired Lombardi to serve as senior personnel executive of the Oakland Raiders...
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  • 52nd overall. 2011 also marked the final season under the ownership of Al Davis, who died on October 8, 2011. The Raiders matched their 8–8 record from...
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  • agreement resulted in retaliation by the AFL: Oakland Raiders co-owner Al Davis took over as AFL Commissioner in April 1966, and he stepped up the bidding...
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