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| James Edwin Otto\\ | James Edwin Otto\\ | ||
| Born January 5, 1938, Wausau, Wisconsin\\ | Born January 5, 1938, Wausau, Wisconsin\\ | ||
| + | Died May 19, 2024, age 86\\ | ||
| University of Miami\\ | University of Miami\\ | ||
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| That year he began to take a more active role with the Raiders, playing a large part in the negotations between Davis and the city of Oakland that would result in the team’s return to its original home after a 13-season absence. He also began to suffer more physical deterioration as a result of his football career. He had already had more than two dozen knee surgeries and had had both shoulders replaced with artificial joints. | That year he began to take a more active role with the Raiders, playing a large part in the negotations between Davis and the city of Oakland that would result in the team’s return to its original home after a 13-season absence. He also began to suffer more physical deterioration as a result of his football career. He had already had more than two dozen knee surgeries and had had both shoulders replaced with artificial joints. | ||
| - | In 1998, a year after his 39-year-old daughter Jennifer had died during surgery for suspected ovarian cancer, Otto himself came close to death when a serious infection set in after yet another knee surgery. He recovered, but he eventually had to have his right leg amputated above the knee in 2007, following still another serious infection a couple of years earlier. He also survived a bout with prostate cancer in 2002 and heart surgery in 2008. | + | In 1998, a year after his 39-year-old daughter Jennifer had died during surgery for suspected ovarian cancer, Otto himself came close to death when a serious infection set in after yet another knee surgery. He recovered, but he eventually had to have his right leg amputated above the knee in 2007, following still another serious infection a couple of years earlier. He also survived a bout with prostate cancer in 2002 and heart surgery in 2008. All told, he had reportedly undergone more than 70 surgeries to repair and mitigate all the damage he had done to his body during his playing career. |
| - | As of this writing, he had reportedly undergone more than 70 surgeries to repair and mitigate all the damage he had done to his body during his playing career. | + | Otto died in May 2024 at the age of 86. |
| ===== Transactions ===== | ===== Transactions ===== | ||
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| + | November 23, 1959 - Selected by Minneapolis/ | ||
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| + | January 30, 1960 - AFL awarded his league signing rights to Oakland. | ||
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| + | February 10, 1960 - Signed by Houston, suggesting either the actual signing date was before the end of January, or that Houston felt no need to honor Oakland' | ||
| March 3, 1960 - AFL transferred his contract from Houston to Oakland. | March 3, 1960 - AFL transferred his contract from Houston to Oakland. | ||
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