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 ======January 7, 1961====== ======January 7, 1961======
  
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 +**Draft pick signed by another team**
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 +[[Fred Hageman]], center, by the Redskins
 ======January 8, 1961====== ======January 8, 1961======
  
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 After a contentious seven-hour meeting, and with the in-person mediation of AFL commissioner Joe Foss and two lawyers for the league, the team announced that five of the eight owners had sold their share of the team to the other three. [[Don Blessing]], [[Charles Harney]], [[Chet Soda]], [[Roger Lapham]], and [[Wallace Marsh]] were getting out, leaving [[Ed McGah]], [[Robert Osborne]], and [[Wayne Valley]] in control. Foss said afterward that if the owners couldn't come to an agreement, he was authorized by the league to remove the franchise from their control. Per the agreement, McGah would remain as president, with Valley to become vice-president, and Osborne assuming the role of treasurer. After a contentious seven-hour meeting, and with the in-person mediation of AFL commissioner Joe Foss and two lawyers for the league, the team announced that five of the eight owners had sold their share of the team to the other three. [[Don Blessing]], [[Charles Harney]], [[Chet Soda]], [[Roger Lapham]], and [[Wallace Marsh]] were getting out, leaving [[Ed McGah]], [[Robert Osborne]], and [[Wayne Valley]] in control. Foss said afterward that if the owners couldn't come to an agreement, he was authorized by the league to remove the franchise from their control. Per the agreement, McGah would remain as president, with Valley to become vice-president, and Osborne assuming the role of treasurer.
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 +=====Transactions=====
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 +**Sold share of team**
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 +[[Don Blessing]]\\
 +[[Charles Harney]]\\
 +[[Roger Lapham]]\\
 +[[Wallace Marsh]]\\
 +[[Chet Soda]]
  
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 ======February 11, 1961====== ======February 11, 1961======
  
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 +**Draft pick signed by another team**
  
-Guard [[Tony Polychronis]] out of Utah, who had been drafted by Minneapolis/St. Paul last year as a redshirt, and whose signing rights had been awarded to the Raiders, signed with Toronto of the CFL.+[[Tony Polychronis]], guard, by the Toronto Argonauts
  
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 The Raiders and the 49ers announced they would play a basketball game on March 15 in the Oakland Auditorium for charity. The Raiders and the 49ers announced they would play a basketball game on March 15 in the Oakland Auditorium for charity.
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 +=====Transactions=====
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 +**Draft pick signed by another team**
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 +[[Dan Sheehan]], guard, by the Vikings
  
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 =====Transactions===== =====Transactions=====
  
-The team cut five players: tight end [[Carmen Cavalli]], cornerback [[Eddie Macon]], guard [[John Cadwell]], tight end [[Dave Ross]], and tackle [[Julius Varnado]].+**Waived** 
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 +[[John Cadwell]], guard\\ 
 +[[Carmen Cavalli]], tight end\\ 
 +[[Eddie Macon]], cornerback\\ 
 +[[Dave Ross]], tight end\\ 
 +[[Julius Varnado]], tackle 
  
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