====== May 24, 1963 ======

===== Transactions =====

•	The team announced they had hired ex-Vikings defensive back [[Charlie Sumner]] to coach the secondary.

•	The //Tribune// reported that the team had acquired the negotiating rights to former USC lineman Mike McKeever.

•	McKeever had been drafted in 1960 by both the Rams and the [[Chargers]], but had not reported to either team following a head injury that required brain surgery.

•	After a three-year absence from the game, McKeever had been cleared by doctors to play again.

•	The Rams had given up on McKeever and because of an agreement made by the league earlier in the month awarding the Raiders the right of first refusal to Rams castoffs, the rights to McKeever appeared to go to them.

•	Chargers head coach Sid Gillman protested the decision to the league, saying they had never relinquished their rights to McKeever after drafting him.

=====Coaching Staff=====

|[[Al Davis]]|Head coach| |
|[[Tom Dahms]]|Defensive line| |
|[[John Rauch]]|Offensive backs| |
|[[Ollie Spencer]]|Offensive line| |
|[[Charlie Sumner]]|Defensive backs| |




|  **Name**  |  **Pos**  |  **Ht**  |  **Wt**  |  **School**  | |
|[[Dalva Allen]]|  DE  |  6'4"  |  240  |Houston  | |
|[[Dan Birdwell]]|  LB  |  6'3"  |  235  |Houston  | |
|[[Sonny Bishop]]|  G  |  6'2"  |  240  |Fresno State  | |
|[[George Boynton]]|  DB  |  5'11"  |  190  |East Texas State  | |
|[[Charles Brown]]|  T  |  6'4"  |  240  |Houston  | |
|[[Cotton Clark]]|  HB  |  6'1"  |  190  |Alabama  | |
|[[Bob Coolbaugh]]|  TE  |  6'3"  |  200  |Richmond  | |
|[[Dave Costa]]|  T  |  6'2"  |  245  |Utah  | |
|[[Dobie Craig]]|  WR  |  6'3"  |  190  |Howard Payne  | |
|[[Clem Daniels]]|  HB  |  6'1"  |  215  |North Texas State  | |
|[[Cotton Davidson]]|  QB  |  6'1"  |  180  |Baylor  | |
|[[Dick Davis]]|  DT  |  6'3"  |  235  |Kansas  | |
|[[Tony Discenzo]]|  DT  |  6'4"  |  260  |Michigan State  | |
|[[Dick Dorsey]]|  WR  |  6'3"  |  195  |Oklahoma  | |
|[[Bob Dougherty]]|  LB  |  6'1"  |  235  |Kentucky  | |
|[[Hunter Enis]]|  QB  |  6'0"  |  195  |Texas Christian  | |
|[[Dan Ficca]]|  T  |  6'1"  |  230  |USC  | |
|[[Tom Flores]]|  QB  |  6'1"  |  190  |Pacific  | |
|[[Jerry Fowler]]|  G  |  6'3"  |  250  |Northwestern State  | |
|[[Bob Garner]]|  WR  |  5'10"  |  180  |Fresno State  | |
|[[Darnell Haney]]|  DE  |  6'8"  |  255  |Utah State  | |
|[[Wayne Hawkins]]|  G  |  5'11"  |  235  |Pacific  | |
|[[Ken Herock]]|  LB  |  6'2"  |  230  |West Virginia  | |
|[[George Hogan]]|  G  |  6'3"  |  240  |Texas A&M  | |
|[[Proverb Jacobs]]|  DT  |  6'4"  |  260  |California  | |
|[[Jon Jelacic]]|  DE  |  6'3"  |  245  |Minnesota  | |
|[[Joe Krakoski]]|  DB  |  6'2"  |  195  |Illinois  | |
|[[Chuck McMurtry]]|  DT  |  6'0"  |  280  |Whittier  | |
|[[Alan Miller]]|  FB  |  6'0"  |  195  |Boston College  | |
|[[Riley Morris]]|  DE  |  6'2"  |  220  |Florida A&M  | |
|[[Tommy Morrow]]|  CB  |  5'11  |  180  |Mississippi Southern  | |
|[[Lloyd Mynatt]]|  FB  |  6'3"  |  215  |Texas Christian  | |
|[[Pete Nicklas]]|  T  |  6'4"  |  240  |Baylor  | |
|[[Jim Norris]]|  T  |  6'4"  |  240  |Houston  | |
|[[Joe Novsek]]|  DL  |  6'4"  |  240  |Tulsa  | |
|[[Jim Otto]]|  C  |  6'2"  |  225  |Miami (FL)  | |
|[[Richard Peter]]|  T  |  6'4"  |  250  |Whittier  | |
|[[George Pierovich]]|  FB  |  6'1"  |  225  |California  | |
|[[Art Powell]]|  WR  |  6'3"  |  210  |San Jose State  | |
|[[Charlie Rieves]]|  FB  |  5'11"  |  210  |Houston  | |
|[[Hank Rivera]]|  DB  |  5'11"  |  180  |Oregon State  | |
|[[Bo Roberson]]|  HB  |  6'1"  |  200  |Cornell  | |
|[[Drew Roberts]]|  WR  |  6'1"  |  205  |Humboldt State  | |
|[[George Shirkey]]|  DT  |  6'5"  |  255  |Stephen F Austin  | |
|[[Jackie Simpson]]|  LB  |  6'1"  |  225  |Mississippi  | |
|[[Willie Simpson]]|  FB  |  6'2"  |  220  |San Francisco State  | |
|[[Dennis Spurlock]]|  QB  |  5'11"  |  180  |Whitworth  | |
|[[Jack Stone]]|  T  |  6'2"  |  245  |Oregon  | |
|[[John Stone]]|  K  |  5'9"  |  215  |South Dakota State  | |
|[[Bill Strumke]]|  FB  |  6'0"  |  220  |Georgia  | |
|[[Kenny Thompson]]|  HB  |  5'7"  |  170  |Northwestern State  | |
|[[Herm Urenda]]|  WR  |  5'10"  |  180  |Pacific  | |
|[[Gene White]]|  HB  |  6'1"  |  195  |Florida A&M  | |
|[[Fred Williamson]]|  CB  |  6'3"  |  210  |Northwestern  | |

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