Oakland Raiders

None (the Raider organization does not retire the jersey numbers of former players). Robinson. They did this by issuing "personal seating licenses", without which fans cannot buy tickets to the games. Several older actresses starred as Mrs. In this lawsuit, the Raiders agreed that they would sell out all of their home games, in exchange for the city helping to renovate their stadium. The movie was adapted as a play in 1998, which was a hit both in London's West End and on Broadway and has toured the United States. Their most recent legal battle is with the city of Oakland. Braddock: "Don't you think that idea is a little half-baked?"
Benjamin Braddock: "Oh no, Dad, it's completely baked.".

After moving back to Oakland, they were sued by the NFL for losing the Los Angeles television market, the second largest in the United States. Mr. The Raiders sued the city of Los Angeles over the fact that the city backed out of a stadium deal for the team. McGuire: "Plastics."
. Also, they were the only team that was not a defendant in the USFL's ultimately unsuccessful antitrust suit against the NFL; Davis was a witness for the USFL in that action. McGuire: "Are you listening?"
Ben Braddock: "Yes, I am."
Mr. They have been involved in several lawsuits, most famously with the cities of Los Angeles and Oakland, as well as the NFL. Just one word."
Ben Braddock: "Yes, sir."
Mr.

The Raiders are the most litigious team in the NFL. McGuire: "I want to say one word to you. In the 2004-2005 season, their first season under Turner, the Raiders continued to suffer on the field, posting their second consecutive losing record (5-11), heavy laden with turnovers and injuries. Mr. After the end of the 2003 regular season, Callahan was fired, and ultimately replaced by current head coach Norv Turner. Presumably, Mrs. Robinson, now elderly, would be forced to move in with Benjamin and Elaine, who by now have an adult daughter. In fact, in a press conference at the end of one game, then-coach Bill Callahan berated both his players and the media for the team's poor performance that season. In the opening of The Player, a writer (Buck Henry) can be heard talking to Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) discussing making a sequel to The Graduate with the same actors reprising their roles.

They finished with a losing record of 4-12, tied with three other teams for the worst record in the NFL, and the worst record ever for a team who were Super Bowl contenders one season previously. Robert Redford tested for the part of Benjamin, but he and director Mike Nichols decided they needed someone else who was more uncomfortable with his sexuality. The 2003 season was a 180-degree turnaround for the Raiders. Robinson's first name; she is never referred to as anything else during the course of the film. Gannon was named MVP of the league, and the Raiders made their fifth Super Bowl appearance following the season, only to lose to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We never learn Mrs. The Raiders finished the 2002 season with an 11-5 record and clinched the top seed in the playoffs. One of the tenants is Richard Dreyfuss, still an unknown in 1967.

They finished 10-6, but lost their divisional playoff game to the eventual Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in the controversial "tuck" game, in which an apparent fumble by the Patriots (that was recovered by the Raiders) was reviewed and determined to be an incomplete pass. Roper" on the popular 1970s sitcom Three's Company. The Raiders acquired all-time leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the 2001 season. In the hotel where the disinherited Braddock ends up living, the owner of the hotel is Norman Fell, who would later gain fame as "Mr. By 2000, the Raiders began to reclaim their position among the NFL's greatest teams, highlighted by the emergence of veteran quarterback Rich Gannon as one of the best all-around quarterbacks in Raiders history. An interview with Hoffman revealed that he was uneasy about his window-pounding antics, as the owner of the church had been watching the filming disapprovingly. After the following season, the Raiders moved back to Oakland. The film is consistently in the Internet Movie Database's top 250 films, ranked #9 on the American Film Institute's list of 100 Years, 100 Laughs, #7 on their list of 100 Years, 100 Movies, and has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

This period was marked by the career-ending injury of Bo Jackson in 1990, the failure of troubled quarterback Todd Marinovich, and the departure of Marcus Allen in 1993. This scene has been parodied numerous times, in Wayne's World, Family Guy and The Simpsons. This also marked a somewhat down period in Raider franchise history, both on the field and, more importantly, off the field. The escaping couple sits smiling at the back of the bus, the other passengers stare at them in mute disbelief, and the movie closes with a shot through the back window of Ben and Elaine's smiles fading to an enigmatic neutral expression, and Simon and Garfunkel's soundtrack. Al Davis's perceived infatuation with Jackson caused a major rift between Davis and star running back Marcus Allen, who eventually left to play for the Kansas City Chiefs. After a violent struggle with a large cross, Ben and Elaine escape on a public bus. In 1987, the Raiders drafted dual-sport athlete Bo Jackson after he originally decided to not play professional football in 1986 (when drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first round). His screams of "Elaine! Elaine!" do not garner much response at first, but when Elaine gives the return cry "Ben!" all hell breaks loose.

This was momentous as it made Shell the first ever African American Head Coach in the history of the NFL. He arrives just as the bride and groom are exchanging vows, and stands looking down at the couple from an upper window. Shell held that position until 1988 when he was made the team's Head Coach. He is forced to stop for directions, his car runs out of gas, and he is ultimately forced to run the final few blocks. Also that year Al Davis hired future hall of famer Art Shell to coach the Offensive Line. In the famous conclusion of the film, Benjamin undertakes a desperate drive to somehow head off Elaine's wedding. In 1982, the Oakland Raiders moved to Los Angeles, California to play their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; they won the championship the following year. She proceeds to become engaged to another man—one her parents find acceptable.

In spite of his success, Madden left coaching in 1979 to pursue a career as a television football commentator. His affair is discovered and he is barred from seeing Elaine any further. In 1969, John Madden became the team's head coach, and during the 1970s he helped start the Raiders' ascent towards their current status as one of the most successful franchises in NFL history, starting with their 1977 Super Bowl XI win over the Minnesota Vikings. From here, Benjamin's life falls apart. In 1970, the AFL-NFL merger took place, and the Raiders joined the West Division of the American Football Conference in the newly merged National Football League. Robinson) was trying to avoid. The Raiders appeared in Super Bowl II (the first of five Super Bowls) in 1968 but lost to the NFL champion Green Bay Packers. What follows is a relationship with the young Robinson, exactly what Benjamin (and Mrs.

In 1966, Davis became Commissioner of the AFL and is considered a driving force in raising the AFL to competitive levels that forced the NFL to merge with the younger league. After she storms out of the establishment, overcome with guilt, he pursues her and apologizes. Clem Daniels, Billy Cannon, Hoot Gibson, Art Powell and Daryle Lamonica were among many great players to wear the "silver and black", to be joined in 1967 by AFL legend George Blanda at the start of his nine-year career with the Raiders. He takes Elaine to a strip club where she is openly offended. Four years later, the club captured the 1967 AFL Championship. Therefore, he tries to ensure his date with her will be a disaster so she would not want to pursue a relationship with him. He reorganized the Raiders, and the team improved to a 10-4 won-loss record. However, because of his parents' plans, he is more or less forced to date her.

Al Davis, a former assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, was hired as head coach and general manager in 1963. Knowing getting involved with the daughter of his lover could be disastrous, he tries to avoid getting involved with her. The team spent its first three seasons changing stadiums and losing more games than it won. His parents also encourage Benjamin to date the Robinson's daughter, Elaine. The franchise is tied with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs for the most post-season games played as an AFL team, six. His affair may serve as an escape from his lack of direction or ambition. Starting out as a poor franchise with a weak team playing in Frank Youell Field, towards the end of the 1960s it became an AFL powerhouse and one of professional football's most consistent teams. Benjamin clearly is not interested in any more schooling and actually seems lost without any real direction.

The Raiders' image was synonymous with the AFL's: brash and bold. Meanwhile Benjamin is hounded by his father to select a graduate school to attend. The Oakland Raiders were a charter member of the American Football League in 1960. Their affair appears to last most of the summer. Football, Inc. Benjamin is clearly uncomfortable with sexuality, but he is drawn into the affair with the older, but still attractive, Mrs. Robinson. Legally, the team is a limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves as President of the team's general partner, A.D. A few days later he calls her and their affair begins.

The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California. Initially flustered, he flees. Rod Woodson. Once inside, she exposes herself to him and offers to have an affair with him. Jack Tatum. Arriving at her home, she asks him to come inside. Ken Stabler. Robinson, asks him to drive her home.

Otis Sistrunk. One family friend, Mrs. Jerry Rice. Benjamin is visibly uncomfortable at the party attended by mostly his parent's friends. Jim Plunkett. The movie starts at a party at his parent's house celebrating his graduation. Art Powell. The film explores the life of Benjamin Braddock shortly after earning his bachelor's degree.

Babe Parilli. In the late 1990s the project was revived as a play and appeared in London and Broadway, as well as touring companies, starring such names as Kathleen Turner. John Matuszak. One such scene involves the one-word career advice given to Benjamin by family friends—"Plastics", "Aggregates," etc.—offered as a self-explanatory key to a certain life of corporate success. Daryle Lamonica. Some scenes and themes in the film have become deeply embedded in the popular consciousness, even decades after its release, and have been widely parodied. Sean Jones. The film also made superstars out of Simon and Garfunkel, whose soundtrack rose to the top of the charts in 1968, (beating The Beatles' White Album).

Bo Jackson (also played Major League Baseball). The thirty-year-old also earned an Oscar nomination for his efforts. Lester Hayes. The film was the breakthrough role for Hoffman, who had previously acted in The Tiger Makes Out (1967). Wayne Hawkins. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) and then falls in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). Ray Guy. Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman in the film), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, is seduced by Mrs.

Dave Grayson. The Graduate is a novel by Charles Webb, made into a 1967 film of the same name directed by Mike Nichols from a screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry. Hoot Gibson. Tom Flores. Clem Daniels.

Todd Christensen. Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969). Tim Brown. Cliff Branch.

Lyle Alzado. Marcus Allen. Jerry Porter. Ted Washington.

Charles Woodson. Warren Sapp. Randy Moss. LaMont Jordan.

Rich Gannon. Robert Gallery. Kerry Collins. Gene Upshaw (1987) - 1967-1981.

Art Shell (1989) - 1968-1982. Jim Otto (1980) - 1960-1974. Ron Mix (1979) - 1971. Ronnie Lott (2000) - 1991-1992.

Howie Long (2000) - 1981-1993. James Lofton (2003) - 1987-1988. Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1975-1983. Mike Haynes (1997) - 1983-1989.

Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1992. Al Davis (1992) - 1963-1965, 1966-Present. Dave Casper (2002) - 1974-1980, 1984. Willie Brown (1984) - 1967-1978.

Bob Brown (2004) - 1971-1973. George Blanda (1981) - 1967-1975. Fred Biletnikoff (1988) - 1965-1978. Marcus Allen (2003) - 1982-1992.