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Longtime Raiders center and Hall of Famer Jim Otto died on Sunday, the team announced.
He was 86.
Otto, who was one of the last players in the league to wear the No. 00 jersey, spent 15 years as the Raiders’ center in the 1960s and 1970s. The team described him as “the Original Raider.”
“‘00’ was the foundational piece of a transcendent offensive line that not only propelled the Raiders to success on the field but resonated with fans and helped build the Raiders persona and mystique,” the team said in a statement, in part.
Otto spent his entire career with the Raiders, who selected him in the new AFL Draft in 1960 in their first year of existance. He played nonstop for the Raiders throughout his career, and he was one of just three players who played in all 140 possible regular-season AFL games before the league shut down and merged with the NFL. He didn’t miss a single game in his 15 seasons in the league, and appeared in an incredible 210 straight contests before he retired after the 1974 season. Otto won the AFL title in 1967, and he played in six AFL or AFC title games with the team.
"I've often looked at being a football player as being a gladiator," Otto told Bleacher Report in 2009, via ESPN. "There's something inside of you that says, 'I want to go out there and prove my worth.' Most of the time you're going to get injuries. That's the life you choose. Some people need a challenge in life and they play hockey or rugby. Football was the way I could prove myself."
After retiring, Otto spent time working in the Raiders’ front office and he was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1980, the first year he was eligible. He had a number of health problems after his playing career, too. He had to undergo more than 70 surgeries, per ESPN, and he had his right leg amputated in 2007.
Otto, who was from Wausau, Wisconsin, was a two-way player in college at Miami where he played center and linebacker
"I had always done my best for the Raiders playing center, and it was a very good feeling to know I had accomplished that," Otto told ESPN in 2019.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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