What was the original name of the Oakland Raiders?

Answer 1

The Raiders original name was the "Oakland Senors" however before they ever played a game, they changed it to the "Raiders." The name was probably selected by the team's first owner Mr. Chet Soda. The Raider's play at Network Associates Coliseum, which was originally called The Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. The stadium currently holds 63,146 people. The Raiders first coach was Eddie Erdelatz. He coached the team in thier first two seasons of 1960-1961. His record was 8-20. The Raiders most bitter rivals are the Kansas City Chiefs, with the Denver Broncos a strong second. The Raiders have had 16 players who played for them go into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's too difficult to say who was their best player as they obviously had many, but perhaps their most popular player was Wide Receiver Fred Bilentnikoff. The Raiders basically left Oakland for Los Angeles for money. Owner Al Davis didn't believe the Raiders could compete with the revenues the Raiders were generating in Oakland. Los Angeles is a much larger city with much more money, but after 12 mostly unsuccesful and apathetic years in LA, he returned the franchise to it's original home of Oakland, much to the delight of many Raiders fans.

Answer 2

A "name the team" contest was held by a local newspaper, and the winner was the Oakland Señors. After a few weeks of the fledgling team (and its owners) being the butt of local jokes, the owners changed the team's name to the Oakland Raiders, which had finished third in the naming contest.

Answer 3

The Oakland Senors however before they ever played a game it was the Raiders

Answer 4

The Raiders began play in 1960 as the eighth charter member of the American Football League after the ownership group from Minnesota withdrew from the AFL to join the NFL. The Raiders later joined the NFL themselves in 1970 as part of the AFL-NFL Merger. The team has won one AFL title and three Super Bowls.

A few months after the first AFL draft in 1959, the Minneapolis expansion team accepted an offer to join the established National Football League as an expansion team in 1961, sending the AFL scrambling for a replacement.

At the time, Oakland seemed an unlikely venue for a professional football franchise. The city had not asked for a team, there was no ownership group and there was no stadium in Oakland suitable for pro football (the closest stadiums were in Berkeley and San Francisco) and there was already a successful NFL franchise in the Bay Area in the San Francisco 49ers. However, the AFL owners selected Oakland after Los Angeles Chargers owner Barron Hilton threatened to forfeit his franchise unless a second team was placed on the West Coast. Accordingly, the city of Oakland was awarded the eighth AFL franchise on January 30, 1960. The team inherited the Minneapolis club's draft picks. As no AFL team ever played in the Twin Cities, that area has never been considered to be affiliated with the Raiders.

Upon receiving the franchise, Oakland civic leaders found a number of businesspeople willing to invest in the new team. A limited partnership was formed to own the team, which included general partners Harvey Binns, Don Blessing, Charles Harney, Ed McGah, Robert Osborne, and Wayne Valley, headed by managing general partner Chet Soda, a local real estate developer, as well as numerous limited partners. A "name the team" contest was held by a local newspaper, and the winner was the Oakland Señors. After a few weeks of the fledgling team (and its owners) being the butt of local jokes, the owners changed the team's name to the Oakland Raiders, which had finished third in the naming contest. The original team colors were black, gold and white. The now-familar team emblem of a pirate (or "raider") wearing a football helmet was created, reportedly a rendition of actor Randolph Scott.

When the University of California refused to let the Raiders play home games at Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, they chose Kezar Stadium in San Francisco as their home field. The team's first regular season home game was played on September 11, 1960, a 37-22 loss to the Houston Oilers. The Raiders finished their first campaign with a 6-8 record, and lost $500,000.

Soda dropped out of the partnership, and on January 17, 1961, Valley, McGah and Osborne bought out the remaining four general partners. Soon after, Valley and McGah purchased Osborne's interest, with Valley named as the managing general partner. That year the Raiders moved to Candlestick Park and finished 2-12. Total attendance for the season was about 50,000. Valley threatened to move the Raiders elsewhere unless a stadium was built in Oakland. In 1962 the Raiders moved into 18,000-seat Frank Youell Field (later expanded to 22,000 seats), their first home in Oakland. It was a temporary home for the team while the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum was being built. The Raiders finished 1-13 in 1962, losing their first 13 games before winning the season finale, and attendance remained low.



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Raiders Name

Answer 6

Oakland Senors, but that lasted a few weeks.

Answer 7

It was the oakland seniors, they should change there name back to the senoir citizens with all the old washed out players they have!

Answer 8

Thankyou everyone for the answers

Answer 9

Never thought too much about that

Answer 10

werent they in LA originally?