• A strange situation ensued when both the Raiders and the Colts claim to have signed Arizona State halfback Tony Lorick.
• Lorick was the Raiders' first-round draft pick and the Colts' second-round pick.
• A Los Angeles Sentinel reporter, Brad Pye, claimed to have witnessed Lorick's signing of a Raiders contract a week ago and that Lorick had accepted a cash bonus from the team's representative.
• Lorick claimed he hadn't signed with Oakland, but Pye produced a document, not the contract, signed by Lorick acknowledging that he had signed the contract.
• The contract itself was now missing.
• Raiders general manager Al Davis said they hadn't announced Lorick's signing to prevent the halfback from being eligible for an Arizona State bowl game.
• AFL commissioner Joe Foss said the league would back Oakland's claim.
• The team's tenth-round draft pick, Oregon halfback Mel Renfro, signed with the Cowboys.
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 | |
Jan Barrett | TE | 6'3” | 230 | Fresno State | |
Dan Birdwell | C | 6'3“ | 235 | Houston | |
Sonny Bishop | G | 6'2” | 240 | Fresno State | |
Bill Budness | LB | 6'2“ | 215 | Boston University | |
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 | |
Tom Flores | QB | 6'1” | 190 | Pacific | |
Claude Gibson | DB | 6'1“ | 190 | North Carolina State | |
Wayne Hawkins | G | 5'11” | 235 | Pacific | |
Ken Herock | TE | 6'2“ | 230 | West Virginia | |
Proverb Jacobs | DT | 6'4” | 260 | California | |
Jon Jelacic | DE | 6'3“ | 245 | Minnesota | |
Dick Klein | T | 6'4” | 255 | Iowa | |
Joe Krakoski | DB | 6'2“ | 195 | Illinois | |
Arch Matsos | LB | 6'2” | 215 | Michigan | |
Doug Mayberry | FB | 6'3“ | 230 | Utah State | |
Jim McMillin | CB | 6'0” | 190 | Colorado State | |
Chuck McMurtry | DT | 6'0“ | 280 | Whittier | |
Mike Mercer | K | 6'0” | 220 | Arizona State - Flagstaff | |
Alan Miller | FB | 6'0“ | 195 | Boston College | |
Bob Mischak | G | 6'0” | 240 | Army | |
Tommy Morrow | CB | 5'11 | 180 | Mississippi Southern | |
Jim Norris | T | 6'4“ | 240 | Houston | |
Clancy Osborne | LB | 6'3” | 220 | Arizona State | |
Jim Otto | C | 6'2“ | 225 | Miami (FL) | |
Art Powell | WR | 6'3” | 210 | San Jose State | |
Warren Powers | DB | 6'1“ | 190 | Nebraska | |
Charlie Rieves | LB | 5'11” | 210 | Houston | |
Bo Roberson | HB | 6'1“ | 200 | Cornell | |
Glenn Shaw | FB | 6'2” | 230 | Kentucky | |
Jackie Simpson | LB | 6'1“ | 225 | Mississippi | |
Ollie Spencer | T | 6'1” | 240 | Kansas | |
Fred Williamson | CB | 6'3“ | 210 | Northwestern | |
John Williamson | LB | 6'2” | 235 | Louisiana Tech | |
Lloyd Winston | HB | 6'3“ | 225 | USC | |
Frank Youso | T | 6'4” | 260 | Minnesota |