Oakland Raiders: Lockout Gives Time to Know the Hall of Fame Raiders

How do you keep yourself busy during the NFL lockout? Do you research the great players? Do you study the young college guys and free agents who might be good additions to the team?

What about taking time to learn more about the great ones, the players who have been enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio?

So far, the Oakland Raiders have 19 enshrined members of the Hall of Fame. It seems to me that 19 is a small number compared to the many years the Oakland Raiders dominated the NFL with outstanding players.

Nineteen is also an interesting number according to one article. It is the number which means “judgment.”

Well, let’s get excited in 2011 and hope that more Oakland Raiders get into the Hall of Fame so that the number of great Oakland Raiders rises above 19.

Here is an interesting article that associates the number of times a word shows up in the Old Testament. Read this article, if you are interested. Link

Since there is so much uncertainly about the starting date of the 2011 season, a little fun searching for the meaning of so many things and of so many struggles to end the lockout, I am sharing the link with you.

Go Raiders in 2011! More Raiders in the Hall of Fame!

Raiders In the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Name	Pos	Seasons	Inducted
Jim Otto	C	1960-1974	1980
George Blanda	QB/K	1967-1975	1981
Willie Brown	CB	1967-1978	1984
Gene Upshaw	G	1967-1982	1987
Fred Biletnikoff	WR	1965-1978	1988
Art Shell	T	1968-1982	1989
Ted Hendricks	LB	1975-1983	1990
Al Davis	Owner	1963-present	1992
Mike Haynes	CB	1983-1989	1997
Eric Dickerson	RB	1992	1999
Howie Long	DE	1981-1993	2000
Ronnie Lott	S	1991-1992	2000
Dave Casper	TE	1974-1980, 1984	2002
Marcus Allen	RB	1982-1992	2003
James Lofton	WR	1987-1988	2003
Bob Brown	OT	1971-1973	2004
John Madden	Head Coach	1969-1978	2006
Rod Woodson	S	2002-2003	2009
Jerry Rice	WR	2001-2004	2010