Post by TheShadow on Feb 11, 2006 11:25:45 GMT -5
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Art Shell, T
15 Years
Joined Raiders: 3rd round draft choice, 1968
Inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 5, 1989...All-American Football Conference selection six straight years from 1973-78...All-Pro in 1973, 1974 and 1977...Played in 207 league games, third highest in history of Silver and Black...
Selected to play in eight Pro Bowls, most of any Raider player until WR Tim Brown was selected to a 9th Pro Bowl in 2001...Career spanned three decades...
Played in 23 postseason contests, including eight AFL-AFC Championships and Raider victories in Super Bowls Xl and XV...Credited with near-perfect performance in Raiders’ Super Bowl Xl victory over Minnesota, limiting Vikings highly regarded defensive end Jim Marshall to no tackles, sacks or assists during 32-14 win...
Played in first 156 games before missing five games due to preseason injury...Launched another streak of 51 straight games...Named to NFL All-Monday Night Team...Originally selected in third round of the 1968 AFL draft after stellar career as a two-way lineman at Maryland State-Eastern Shore...
Raiders offensive line coach after retiring as a player in 1982 until 1988, when he became head coach of the Silver and Black...Served as head coach of the Raiders until 1994.
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Update: Hired back as the coach of the Raiders 2-11-06.