Memphis, Tennessee

See also Memphis Mafia. None (the Raider organization does not retire the jersey numbers of former players).
. They did this by issuing "personal seating licenses", without which fans cannot buy tickets to the games. Other. 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. Military. Their most recent legal battle is with the city of Oakland.

Sports Figures. 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. Jurists, Politicians and Activists. The Raiders sued the city of Los Angeles over the fact that the city backed out of a stadium deal for the team. Businesspeople. 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. Actors, Directors and Musicians. They have been involved in several lawsuits, most famously with the cities of Los Angeles and Oakland, as well as the NFL.

Other museums in the area include:. The Raiders are the most litigious team in the NFL. Along with the legendary Stax Sound, the museum also spotlights the music of Muscle Shoals, Motown, Hi and Atlantic. 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. The museum is home to a broad collection of artifacts, photographs, exhibits, commentary, and music. After the end of the 2003 regular season, Callahan was fired, and ultimately replaced by current head coach Norv Turner. Also, there is the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. 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.

The Children's Museum of Memphis features many interactive exhibits, including a simulated grocery store, a wood skyscraper maze, and full-scale models of a fire truck and an airplane fuselage. 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. A smaller art museum, the Dixion Gallery and Gardens focuses on impressionism and has several works by Monet, Degas and Renoir. The 2003 season was a 180-degree turnaround for the Raiders. The Brooks Museum of Art in Overton Park, founded in 1916, serves as the region's major art museum. 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. was assassinated. The Raiders finished the 2002 season with an 11-5 record and clinched the top seed in the playoffs.

Memphis is home to the National Civil Rights Museum, located in the former Lorraine Motel, where the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. 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. A month long festival, Memphis in May, is held each year to host the city's largest events like the Beale Street Music Festival, the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and the Sunset Symphony. The Raiders acquired all-time leading receiver Jerry Rice prior to the 2001 season. There are several art galleries in Memphis, including, most prominently, the Dixon Gallery. 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. Opera Memphis, the region's opera company, performs at the Clark Opera Memphis Center in East Memphis. After the following season, the Raiders moved back to Oakland.

Ballet Memphis, which is the region's only major ballet company, performs at The Orpheum Theatre. 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. The Memphis area is home to many of West Tennessee's larger arts and culutral organizations, such as the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, which performs at the Cannon Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Memphis. This also marked a somewhat down period in Raider franchise history, both on the field and, more importantly, off the field. Carnival salutes various aspects of Memphis and its industries, and is reigned over by the current year's secretly selected King & Queen of Carnival. 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. Carnival Memphis (formerly known as the Memphis Cotton Carnival), is a series of parties and festivities staged every year by the Carnival Memphis Association and its member krewes (similar to that of Mardi Gras) during the early summer. 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).

Jude Classic, a PGA Tour golf tournament. This was momentous as it made Shell the first ever African American Head Coach in the history of the NFL. Also part of Memphis in May is the FedEx St. Shell held that position until 1988 when he was made the team's Head Coach. Each year, the city honors a foreign country, and each weekend hosts a special event, including the World Championship Barbeque Cooking Contest and the Beale Street Music Festival. Also that year Al Davis hired future hall of famer Art Shell to coach the Offensive Line. The Mid-South Fair comes to the city every fall, and every May there is the Memphis in May. 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.

There is Libertyland Amusement Park and the adjacent Liberty Bowl and Memphis Children's Museum, Mud Island, Detour Memphis - an art and performing space, Lichterman Nature Center, the Pink Palace Museum, The Pyramid, The Memphis Zoo, the Memphis Queen riverboat. In spite of his success, Madden left coaching in 1979 to pursue a career as a television football commentator. King used to play his guitar, and occasionally still appears at a club bearing his name and partly owned by him. 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. Blues fans can head down to Beale Street, where a young B.B. 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. Other famous musicians who got their start at Sun include Johnny Cash, Rufus Thomas, Charlie Rich, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, and Jerry Lee Lewis. The Raiders appeared in Super Bowl II (the first of five Super Bowls) in 1968 but lost to the NFL champion Green Bay Packers.

Rock and roll is located in the city also. 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. Sun studios was where Elvis first recorded "My Happiness" and "That's When Your Heartaches Begin". 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. Tourists come from all over the world to see Graceland, the home of Elvis Presley. Four years later, the club captured the 1967 AFL Championship. Out of the total population, 30.1% of those under the age of 18 and 15.4% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. He reorganized the Raiders, and the team improved to a 10-4 won-loss record.

20.6% of the population and 17.2% of families are below the poverty line. Al Davis, a former assistant coach for the San Diego Chargers, was hired as head coach and general manager in 1963. The per capita income for the city is $17,838. The team spent its first three seasons changing stadiums and losing more games than it won. Males have a median income of $31,236 versus $25,183 for females. The franchise is tied with the Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs for the most post-season games played as an AFL team, six. The median income for a household in the city is $32,285, and the median income for a family is $37,767. 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.

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 84.9 males. The Raiders' image was synonymous with the AFL's: brash and bold. For every 100 females there are 89.8 males. The Oakland Raiders were a charter member of the American Football League in 1960. The median age is 32 years. Football, Inc. In the city the population is spread out with 27.9% under the age of 18, 10.8% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 19.7% from 45 to 64, and 10.9% who are 65 years of age or older. Legally, the team is a limited partnership operated by Al Davis, who serves as President of the team's general partner, A.D.

The average household size is 2.52 and the average family size is 3.18. The Oakland Raiders are a National Football League team based in Oakland, California. 30.5% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. Rod Woodson. There are 250,721 households out of which 31.3% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 34.1% are married couples living together, 23.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 36.8% are non-families. Jack Tatum. 2.97% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. Ken Stabler.

The racial makeup of the city is 34.41% White, 61.41% African American, 0.19% Native American, 1.46% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 1.45% from other races, and 1.04% from two or more races. Otis Sistrunk. There are 271,552 housing units at an average density of 375.4/km² (972.2/mi²). Jerry Rice. The population density is 898.6/km² (2,327.4/mi²). Jim Plunkett. As of the census² of 2000, there are 650,100 people, 250,721 households, and 158,455 families residing in the city. Art Powell.

Slightly over 80% of office space in the city is occupied. Babe Parilli. Memphis as a whole contains about twenty million square feet (2,000,000 m²) of office space, with the downtown area containing only around four million square feet (400,000 m²). John Matuszak. Memphis' Division of Light, Gas and Water ("MLGW") is one of the largest municipal utitilites in the United States. Daryle Lamonica. Because of its status as the primary hub for FedEx, Memphis International Airport is currently the world's busiest cargo airport in terms of tonnage. Sean Jones.

It is also the headquarters of FedEx shipping. Bo Jackson (also played Major League Baseball). Memphis is a center of manufacture of textiles, heating equipment, pianos, and automobile and truck parts. Lester Hayes. Public transportation in the Memphis area is provided by the Memphis Area Transit Authority (http://www.matatransit.com), which provides the area with buses and a downtown trolley system that is also in the process of expanding into a regional system. Wayne Hawkins. The future interstates of I-22 and I-69 are also planned to converge into the Memphis area. Ray Guy.

The interstates of I-40 and I-55 (along with rail lines) cross the Mississippi at Memphis into the state of Arkansas. Dave Grayson. Interstate highways I-40, its spur highway I-240 and I-55 are the main freeways in the Memphis area. Hoot Gibson. The Memphis metopolitan area encompasses the counties of Fayette, Tipton, and Shelby in Tennessee, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica in Mississippi, and Crittenden in Arkansas. Tom Flores. Census. Clem Daniels.

The Memphis metropolitan area has a populuation of 1,195,977, according to the 2000 U.S. Todd Christensen. Memphis is the primary city of a metropolitan region including parts of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Billy Cannon (born 1937, made All-League as a halfback in 1961 and as a tight end in 1969). Major Memphis parks include Tom Lee Park, Audubon Park, Overton Park and the Memphis Botanic Garden. Tim Brown. The total area is 5.24% water. Cliff Branch.

723.4 km² (279.3 mi²) of it is land and 40.0 km² (15.4 mi²) of it is water. Lyle Alzado. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 763.4 km² (294.8 mi²). Marcus Allen. Memphis is located at 35°7'3" North, 89°58'16" West (35.117365, -89.971068)¹. Jerry Porter. See also: List of mayors of Memphis. Ted Washington.

There has been in recent years the idea thrown around of the potential of the merger of county government of Shelby County and City of Memphis into a metropolitan government similar to that in Nashville. Charles Woodson. Herenton served for 12 years as the superintendent of Memphis City Schools. Warren Sapp. Prior to his election, Dr. Randy Moss. He was elected for the first time in 1991, when he became Memphis' first black mayor. LaMont Jordan.

Herenton is currently serving his fourth consecutive term as Mayor. Rich Gannon. Dr. Robert Gallery. Herenton. Kerry Collins. W. Gene Upshaw (1987) - 1967-1981.

W. Art Shell (1989) - 1968-1982. The current mayor of Memphis is Dr. Jim Otto (1980) - 1960-1974. This plan provides for nine districts, seven with one representative each and two districts with three representatives each. Ron Mix (1979) - 1971. In 1995, the council adopted a new district plan which changed council positions to all districts. Ronnie Lott (2000) - 1991-1992.

The new city charter provided for the election of a mayor and thirteen council members, six elected at large from throughout the city and seven elected from geographic districts. Howie Long (2000) - 1981-1993. Since 1966, Memphis has been governed by the "weak mayor" form of mayor-council government. James Lofton (2003) - 1987-1988. "Boss" Crump. Ted Hendricks (1990) - 1975-1983. H. Mike Haynes (1997) - 1983-1989.

From the 1910s to the 1950s, Memphis was a hotbed of machine politics under the direction of E. Eric Dickerson (1999) - 1992. In 1897, Memphis' pyramid-shaped pavilion was a conspicuous part of the Tennessee Centennial exposition. Al Davis (1992) - 1963-1965, 1966-Present. A yellow fever epidemic in 1870 greatly reduced the population for many years thereafter. Dave Casper (2002) - 1974-1980, 1984. At the conclusion of the Battle of Memphis on June 6, 1862 during the American Civil War, Union forces captured Memphis from Confederate control. Willie Brown (1984) - 1967-1978.

The city was founded in 1819 and incorporated as a city in 1826. Bob Brown (2004) - 1971-1973. The French built Fort Prudhomme in the vicinity. George Blanda (1981) - 1967-1975. The Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto, is believed to have visited what is now the Memphis area. Fred Biletnikoff (1988) - 1965-1978. Memphis was settled by the Chickasaw tribe. Marcus Allen (2003) - 1982-1992.

. Memphis is on the Lower Chickasaw Bluff above the Mississippi River, at the mouth of the Wolf River. King. B.

Memphis was home to Elvis Presley and is home to B. The city is particularly known for blues music and barbecue. (This makes Memphis the largest city but second largest metropolitan area in Tennessee, surpassed by Metropolitan Nashville). The greater Memphis metropolitan area had a population of 1,195,977.

As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 650,100 within the city limits, making it the largest city in the state of Tennessee, United States. Memphis is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, of which it is the county seat. 35°7'3" N
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William Eggleston (Author). Shelby Foote (Author). Richard Halliburton (explorer and author). Ric Flair (professional wrestling) was born in Memphis, but was adopted in infancy by a couple in the Twin Cities and grew up there.

Jerry Lawler (professional wrestling)