Raider Boss Ranchu Named
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k if1 1 bII eC I0 eC ttII IIII N fIf ftI t Ir tI Is te j jI I 1 J 1 c ia a a I R I1 WILT meet Emil Rached HesHe's 79 Wilt Chamberlain standout center for the World Champion Philadelphia shakes handsbands with Emil Rached of the Botafogo De E Rached who towers over Chamberlain 72 led his team to the semisemifinal round of the World Cup Tournament against the Akron Ohio Goodyears The Goodyears won 84 I I Raider Boss RanchRauch Named Coach of Year by UPI NEW YORK tollingtoiling 14 years in assistant Rauch who piloted the mannered John RauchUPIMildof the 1 slots Thursday was named thethe- Raiders to the title with Oakland Raiders who finally U nitn i t e d Press International the best record in the history of got his first chance at a head I Coach of the Year in the I the league was a close winner coaching job last season after American Football League over Wally Lemm of the Houston in the balloting of 27 writers across the nationnation- three from each league city Although the were clobbered by the Raiders 40 inin- the title game Lemm also7diddid- an excellent coaching job this season in leading the rookierookie- laden squad from last place in 1966 to the Eastern Division championship in 19571967 Rauch received 13 votes while Lemm picked up 10 and one other coach Sid Gillman of the San Diego Chargers landed thethe- other four Rauch joined the Raiders in 1963 as the No 1 assistant to coach Al Davis and remained in that position for three seasons But after the 1965 season the decided to escalate the war with the National FootFoot- ball League and named Davis he commissioner of the giving Rauch his shot at the head job Davis has returned to the Raiders in the position of managing general partner which means he runs the Raider operation But Rauch has continued as field boss and did a superb job molding the club Last season he piloted the team to an record and this season he built58 the team around his new quarterback Daryle Lamonica and the club went on to a 13 record besides the victory over1 Houston in the title game The Raiders now meet the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl on Jan 14.