• Team bandleader Del Courtney announced the formation of a partnership with the Oakland Ballet Company to form a cheerleader/dance troupe to be called the Raiderettes

• Raoul Pause would be the cheorographer, Don Ransom would design the costumes, and award-winning cheerleader, 15-year-old Diane Shelton, would be the on-field leader of the group

• One of the team's 8th-round draft picks, halfback Tom Watkins out of Iowa State, signed with the Browns

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