Site Tools


january-30-1960

Differences

This shows you the differences between two versions of the page.

Link to this comparison view

Both sides previous revisionPrevious revision
Next revision
Previous revision
january-30-1960 [2024/01/12 00:00] ehaightjanuary-30-1960 [2024/10/30 17:21] (current) ehaight
Line 1: Line 1:
-====== January 30, 1960 ====== +{{page>1960_news#january 30, 1960}}
- +
-===== News ===== +
- +
-• Following a strong lobbying effort by Barron Hilton and Frank Leahy of the Los Angeles Chargers, the American Football League awarded its eighth franchise to the group from Oakland. +
- +
-• The Oakland partnership consisted of eight men: developer [[Art Beckett]], restaurateur [[Harvey Binns]], stockbroker [[Don Blessing]], contractor [[Charles Harney]], developer [[Ed McGah]], manufacturer [[Robert Osborne]], contractor [[Chet Soda]], and developer [[Wayne Valley]]. +
- +
-• Former Navy football coach and Millbrae resident Eddie Erdelatz, currently a candidate for the opening with the University of California position, said he would be interested in coaching the Oakland team. +
- +
-• The league transferred the signing rights of the Minneapolis/St Paul draft picks to the new team, though a number of the players had been signed by other AFL teams in the meantime. +
- +
----- +
- +
-<prespan>[[january-29-1960|< Jan 29, 1960]]     [[1960 calendar|Back to Calendar]]     [[january-31-1960|Jan 31, 1960 >]]</prespan>+
  
january-30-1960.1705017636.txt.gz · Last modified: 2024/01/12 00:00 by ehaight