John Vella, an offensive lineman who played eight seasons in the NFL and won a Super Bowl with the Oakland ... The Raiders selected Vella in the second round of the 1972 draft out of Southern ...

The "NFL 100 Greatest" ranks the top 100 games in NFL history, and the Oakland Raiders vs. Pittsburgh Steelers clash in the 1972 AFC Divisional Round lands at No. 13. "NFL 100 Greatest" counts ...

“Vella originally joined the Raiders as a second-round draft selection in 1972 out of USC ... Vella started in 14 games for the then-Oakland Raiders and made three playoff starts as the team ...

During those 14 years, he won three Super Bowl rings with the Raiders in Oakland and Los Angeles ... record for most interceptions with eight in 1972 and his 61-yard field goal at Utah State ...

The animus between the Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers actually began on the eve of Dec. 23, 1972. Outside Oakland’s team hotel the night before the teams played in the AFC divisional playoffs ...

they defeated the Oakland Raiders, 13-7, the first round of the AFC play-offs. Next week, the Central Division champs, who until this year had never won anything in the NFL, meet the winner of ...

Former Oakland Raiders offensive lineman John Vella passed away on Tuesday. He was 74 years old. Vella was drafted by the Raiders out of USC in 1972, a second-round pick, and he played for the ...

The NFL's 1972 season was the last one it prohibited ... QB Stabler didn't start, but he finished the game for Raiders Quarterback Ken Stabler gave Oakland a 7-6 lead less than a minute before ...

PITTSBURGH — Moments before Franco Harris made the most improbable play in NFL history, maybe in pro sports history, his mom sensed something was wrong, even from nearly 300 miles away.

John Vella, a former offensive lineman for the Oakland Raiders and one-time ... 265-pound tackle was drafted by the Raiders in the second round in 1972 and although he was primarily a back-up ...