Al Davis, the Raiders’ controversial GM and owner for over four decades, molded the team in his image and won over 400 games during his tenure. Davis’ teams won three Super Bowls in the 1970s and 80s, and his impact on the NFL was far-reaching. As Raiders coach in 1963, Davis turned around a losing team and won AFL Coach of the Year, and as AFL Commissioner he helped secure the NFL / AFL merger. Creating a sort of bad boy image, Davis outfitted the team in black and silver uniforms with a football helmet featuring a pirate – all under the banner of “Just win, baby!” He welcomed many discarded players from elsewhere, and was notoriously combative, suing the NFL on multiple occasions. In terms of racial justice, Davis was a pioneer. He hired the NFL’s first-ever black and Latino head coaches in modern times (Art Shell and Tony Flores, respectively) and the first female chief executive (Amy Trask). Al Davis was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992.