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| ====== Chet Soda ====== | ====== Chet Soda ====== | ||
| Yster Charles Soda\\ | Yster Charles Soda\\ | ||
| - | Born March 15, 1908 in Oakland\\ | + | Born March 15, [[1908 calendar|1908]] |
| - | Died March 12, 1989 in Oakland, age 80\\ | + | Died March 12, [[1989 calendar|1989]] in Oakland, age 80\\ |
| For the team’s first year, Chet Soda was the face of Oakland Raider ownership. Through the ties he formed in the construction industry, Soda helped put together the coalition that would acquire the last of the American Football League’s charter franchises. Tension and disagreements among the group appeared almost from the beginning and after that first year, Soda was out, but he remained a major player in the Oakland business and sporting scene for the rest of his working life. While his tenure as Raiders owner was short, his work laid the foundation on which the team would be built at least until the coming of Al Davis. | For the team’s first year, Chet Soda was the face of Oakland Raider ownership. Through the ties he formed in the construction industry, Soda helped put together the coalition that would acquire the last of the American Football League’s charter franchises. Tension and disagreements among the group appeared almost from the beginning and after that first year, Soda was out, but he remained a major player in the Oakland business and sporting scene for the rest of his working life. While his tenure as Raiders owner was short, his work laid the foundation on which the team would be built at least until the coming of Al Davis. | ||
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| By the end of the decade, now in his 70s, he had stepped back from public life, but began to receive a number of humanitarian awards from the community. In 1983 Helen died. They had had no children together. He remarried, to a woman named Rosemary, but in 1989 he entered the hospital for an unspecified surgical procedure, and soon after, on March 12, died at the age of 80. | By the end of the decade, now in his 70s, he had stepped back from public life, but began to receive a number of humanitarian awards from the community. In 1983 Helen died. They had had no children together. He remarried, to a woman named Rosemary, but in 1989 he entered the hospital for an unspecified surgical procedure, and soon after, on March 12, died at the age of 80. | ||
| - | ==== Professional Front Office | + | [[1960 calendar|1960]] Oakland Raiders, general partner |
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| - | |1960|Oakland Raiders|General Partner | + | |
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| - | * Jan 30 - Member of eight-man ownership group awarded the Oakland franchise by the AFL | + | |
| - | =====Logbook Mentions===== | + | **1960** |
| - | [[january-30-1960|Jan 30, 1960]]\\ | + | January |
| - | [[january-31-1960|Jan 31, 1960]] | + | |
| - | [[february-1-1960|Feb 1, 1960]]\\ | + | **1961** |
| - | [[february-2-1960|Feb 2, 1960]] | + | |
| + | January 15 - sold share of team | ||
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