Yeah, the 1970s Raiders were the last stop for misfits, malcontents, and your basic nutjobs - John Matuszak, Lyle Alzado, Ted Hendricks come to mind. And Otis Sistrunk who played football at the University of Mars lol. But they were indeed good football players and won a championship or two.
During a Monday Night Football telecast, a television camera beamed a sideline shot of the 6’5”, 265-pound Sistrunk’s steaming bald head to the nation. That, along with the Raiders’ listing of his educational background in the team program as “U.S. Mars” (shorthand for United States Marine Corps), prompted ABC commentator and ex-NFL player Alex Karras to suggest that the extraterrestrial-looking Sistrunk’s alma mater was the “University of Mars.”
Jack Tatum!
And to think that George Blanda was 9 years older than Madden when Madden coached the Raiders.