Al Davis

He was very persuasive. Though the Raiders had fallen on hard times in recent years having gone 37–91 from 2003 to 2010 they are one of four teams to play in the Super Bowl in four different decades with the other being the Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots and New York Giants. The win earned the team a trip to Super Bowl II where they were beaten 33–14 by Vince Lombardi's Green Bay Packers.

Allen "Al" Davis (July 4 1929 – October 8 2011) was an American football executive. ". He was the principal owner of the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL) from 1972 to 2011.