2011年10月25日星期二

He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1992

Although his team have struggled in recent years, Davis led one of the most successful franchises in sports during the 1960s and '70s.
Like their iron-fisted boss, the Raiders were the tough guys of the NFL in their silver and black uniforms.
"I judge sports figures based on individual achievement, team achievement and contributions to the game," Davis told reporters when George Steinbrenner, owner of baseball's New York Yankees, died in 2010.
"George was right up there with me at No. 1 -- bright, aggressive and, most of all, not afraid."
The trailblazing Davis was the first NFL owner in the modern era to hire a black head coach, Art Shell in 1988, the first to name an Hispanic head coach, Tom Flores in 1979, and the first to name a woman as chief executive, Amy Trask.
"What a tremendous person, tremendous man," current coach Hue Jackson told reporters in Houston where the Raiders play on Sunday. "I owe him so much. This league owes him so much. He's a legend and an icon."
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