Saturday, October 8, 2011

Al Davis Dead at 82

10/8/11: Longtime owner of the Oakland Raiders football team died at 82. As commissioner of the American Football League in the '60s, he was instrumental in organizing the merger with the NFL that led to the current league as we know it today. Davis was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992.








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