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-<fs x-small>Photo: //Oakland Tribune//, April 17, 1960
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 ====== Chet Soda ======
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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.
-==== Professional Front Office Career ====
+[[1960 calendar|1960]] Oakland Raiders, general partner
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-|1960|Oakland Raiders|General Partner  | |
-  * Jan 30 - Member of eight-man ownership group awarded the Oakland franchise by the AFL
 =====Raiders Career=====
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 [[january-31-1960|Jan 31, 1960]]
-quotes
+"We'd be very interested in talking to (Joe) Kapp. But we'll have to wait until we have the right man to do the talking." (quote, Oakland Tribune, 57)
+"None of us needs a franchise or its problems in order to make a living. We felt a strong group was needed if Oakland was to obtain a pro football franchise so we went out and formed what we believe to be such an organization. This could be the beginning of a new era in Oakland. We are all prepared to put this thing over. (quote, Oakland Tribune, 57)
+"I think this decision was brought about by indecision on the part of some of the owners. That is, I think there was some indecisive thinking on the part of a number of the owners of the other seven franchises. Hilton was a tremendous help. He had told me earlier, 'Chet, I'm not giving up until you get the franchise.'" (quote, Oakland Tribune, 63)
+"We have our work cut out for us. There is much to be done." (quote, Oakland Tribune, 63)
+"(The franchise is) a great thing for the city, the East Bay, San Francisco, the whole area. How well we do depends a whole lot on how soon we get off the ground. Right at the moment we can't announce anything because so many things are indefinite. All I'm doing is answering phone calls from all over the country. Naturally, we've formed some general plans, but nothing is definite. In the next day or so we'll come up with some statement indicating which direction we're going to go and how we'll handle the whole thing, but right now, with some of the people being out of town for the weekend and all, we haven't a definite meeting yet." (quote, San Francisco Examiner, 47)
+"We'll try to get the finest there is in personnel. We have quite a few names under consideration." (quote, San Francisco Examiner, 47)
+Proposing the nickname "Mavericks", "The way this started out I think the name would fit. This was a fasty, it was put together in a hurry." (quote, San Francisco Examiner, 47)
+"It (a place to play) isn't entirely up to us but probably will depend on what dates are available in what stadiums when we get down to actual scheduling. It appears that (Kezar and Candelstick are the only options), but we have possible plans for one other location. This is more or less in the tentative stages and there's no use even mentioning it at this time." (quote, San Francisco Examiner, 47)
+"We've been told we'll get our share of players from the seven other clubs so we can get off to an equal start." (quote, San Francisco Chronicle, 29)
+photo, San Francisco Examiner, 47
+"Moment of Triumph", photo, Oakland Tribune, 57
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 [[february-7-1960|Feb 7, 1960]]
+[[january-2-1961|Jan 2, 1961]]
+resigned general manager post
+[[january-15-1961|Jan 15, 1961]]
+sold share of team

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