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March 4, 1960
News
• At the league meeting in Oakland, the AFL announced their plan to stock the Oakland team with players from the other seven teams
• The league would conduct an allocation draft of five rounds, with Oakland selecting one player from each team during each round
• Before the initial round each team would select 11 players that would be immune to selection
• After each round, each team would be permitted to add another 11 players to the protected list
• Oakland head coach Eddie Erdelatz said the team would make its first selections on or around March 20, though they could be permitted to make picks s early as March 12
• Teams were assigned territorial rights for television purposes with Oakland’s territory extending north to the Canadian order, east to Missoula, Montana, and Reno, Nevada, and south to San Luis Obispo
Coaching Staff
| Eddie Erdelatz | Head coach | |
| Marty Feldman | Defensive line | |
| Ernie Jorge | Offensive line |
Roster
| Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | School | Birthdate | |
| George Blanch | DB | 6'0“ | 195 | Texas | 2/18/1938 | |
| Clord Boyette | OL | 6'4” | 245 | Texas Southern | 3/30/1935 | |
| Willie Boykin | DT | 6'4“ | 245 | Michigan State | 1934(?) | |
| Carmen Cavalli | DE | 6'4” | 245 | Richmond | 6/11/1937 | |
| Fran Curci | QB | 5'9“ | 160 | Miami (FL) | 6/11/1938 | |
| Purcell Daniels | FB | 6'2” | 205 | Pepperdine | 1/1/1936 | |
| Dan Edgington | E | 6'2“ | 190 | Florida | 4/10/1937 | |
| Sam McCord | QB | 5'10” | 185 | East Texas State | 2/23/1933 | |
| Don Norton | WR | 6'1“ | 180 | Iowa | 3/13/1938 | |
| Jim Otto | C | 6'2” | 225 | Miami (FL) | 1/5/1938 | |
| Bob Parker | T | 5'11“ | 215 | East Texas State | 6/4/1937 | |
| Gene Prebola | TE | 6'3” | 215 | Boston University | 6/30/1938 | |
| Jim Woodard | T | 6'5“ | 230 | Lamar Tech | 1938(?) |
