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11 Facts About Wayne Hawkins

1.

Wayne Allen Hawkins was an American professional football guard who played for ten seasons in the American Football League and the National Football League.

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Wayne Hawkins played for the Oakland Raiders from its founding in 1960 until 1970.

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Wayne Hawkins played college football for the Pacific Tigers and was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the AFL's first draft in 1960, he joined the Raiders through the allocation draft before the start of the first AFL season.

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Wayne Hawkins enrolled at the University of the Pacific and played college football for the Pacific Tigers.

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Wayne Hawkins went on to become one of only twenty AFL players who played in the AFL for entirety of the league's 10-year run.

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Wayne Hawkins started as right guard for the Raiders from the teams' inception in 1960 thru the 1969 AFL season.

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Wayne Hawkins played on the Raiders' taxi squad in 1970, and announced his retirement in 1971.

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8.

Wayne Hawkins was later voted to the All-Time Raider team.

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Wayne Hawkins earned AFL All-Star honors for five straight years beginning in 1963, and was on the 1967 AFL Champion team that competed in Super Bowl II against the Green Bay Packers.

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Wayne Hawkins is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.

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In Super Bowl II, Wayne Hawkins faced off against Jerry Kramer of the Green Bay Packers.