• The team hired Tribune beat writer Scotty Stirling as their public relations director.
• The team signed their seventh-round draft pick, William and Mary tackle John Sapinsky.
• The NAIA selected halfback Clem Daniels and defensive tackle Chuck McMurtry to their all-pro squad selected from pros who had played at member schools.
• The Sporting News named halfback Clem Daniels their AFL Player of the Year.
• Patriots linebacker Tom Addison announced the formation of an AFL players association with the goal of getting player pensions and medical coverage for family members.
• Guard Wayne Hawkins was the Raiders’ player representative.
• Chargers head coach Sid Gillman, who was coaching the Western Division in the AFL All-Star Game on the 19th, added Raiders defensive tackle Dave Costa to the squad.
• The team’s third-round draft pick, Notre Dame tackle George Bednar, signed with the Cardinals.
• Western Division coach Sid Gillman added Raiders quarterback Cotton Davidson to his roster for the AFL All-Star Game on the 19th in San Diego.
• The Raiders released halfback Lloyd Winston sometime after this date and before May 23.
• The Sporting News named Al Davis their AFL Coach of the Year.
• The team’s 19th-round draft pick, East Carolina fullback Tom Michel, signed with the Vikings.
• The team signed their fifth-round draft pick, Susquehanna halfback Don Green.
• Cotton Davidson hit Art Powell for a 25-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute remaining in the AFL All-Star Game to give the Western Division a 27-24 win.
• Tight end Jan Barrett signed a contract for the 1964 season.
• The team signed their 18th-round draft pick, Santa Clara quarterback Ron Calcagno.
• Former Raiders general partner Wallace Marsh died of a heart attack at the age of 51 at Peralta Hospital in Oakland.
• The Raiders acquired fullback Bo Dickinson from the Oilers in exchange for Oakland’s eight-round pick in the 1965 draft.
• The team was en route from Honolulu to Santa Cruz
• Bill Leiser of the Chronicle reported that Raiders co-owner Robert Osborne said he didn’t have “any doubt in the world about having a(n Oakland) stadium for the Raiders in 1964“ and added it was his “personal belief it will be ready for 1963”
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• The team signed Arizona State-Flagstaff tackle Rex Mirich, their 20th-round pick in the 1963 draft.