Art Shell

Player

• Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders (1968-1982)

Assistant Coach / Trainer

• Los Angeles / Oakland Raiders (1983-1994, 2006)
• Kansas City Chiefs (1995-1996)
• Atlanta Falcons (1997-2000)

• 8 × Pro Bowl ( 1972-1978, 1980)
• 7 × All-Pro selection ( 1972-1978 ) 1 2 team
• NFL 1970s All- Decade Team
• Pro Football Hall of Fame (1989 )
• South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame (1987 )
• Black College Football Hall of Fame (2011)
• NFL Coach of the Year (1990 )
• 3 × Super Bowl winner (XI, XV, XVIII)
• 3 × AFC Champion (1976, 1980, 1983)

Arthur Shell ( * November 26, 1946 in Charleston, South Carolina ) is an American former American football player and coach. He played as an offensive tackle in the National Football League ( NFL) with the Oakland / Los Angeles Raiders.

Youth

Art Shell was born the son of a miller paper in Charleston. At the age of ten years, his mother died and he and his siblings were raised by his father alone. Over the next few years he became increasingly the education of his four younger siblings. In high school he played football and basketball. In both sports, he was elected to the state selection because of its sporting achievements. After leaving school he received a scholarship to Maryland State College.

Playing career

College career

Arthur Shell also played at college football and basketball. From his football team, he was employed in the first two years of study as a center and as a defensive tackle. In the following two years he was also using time as a tackle on the offensive line. Shell was elected three times in the league selection in 1967 and received his appointment to the All- American.

Professional career

Art Shell was drafted in 1968 by the Oakland Raiders in the third round to 80th place. The coach of the Raiders, John Rauch, put him as a rookie in the special teams the Raiders. In 1968, Shell was able to move with the Raiders in the AFL final. However, the team defeated the trained Weeb Ewbank of the New York Jets with 27:23. In 1969, John Madden became the coach of the Raiders. Shell received first use time as offensive tackle on the offensive line the team from Oakland. He was employed here beside guard Gene Upshaw on the left side of the offensive line. Both should a say in the next few years the performance of the offense of the team from California crucial along with center Jim Otto.

Shell had to protect, among other things, the task quarterback Daryle Lamonica from the attacks of the opposing defense on offense the Raiders. The team from Oakland remained a top team and moved in 1969 for the third consecutive time in the AFL final one. Opponents were supervised by Hank Stram Kansas City Chiefs, who had the upper hand with 17:7. Even in the years 1970, 1973, 1974 and 1975 have been denied Shell and the Raiders of the way into the Super Bowl. In the first AFC Championship game they lost in 1970 the Baltimore Colts with 27:17, the 1973 Miami Dolphins with 27:10, the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers at 24:13 and again in 1975 with 16:10.

Daryle Lamonica in 1974 ended his career in the NFL. Ken Stabler, who stood since 1970 when the team from California under contract, had ousted him in 1973 from the position of the starting quarterbacks. Shell and Upshaw were also partly responsible for the protection of Stabler. The series of playoff defeats ended for Shell in 1976. The team had only 14 games lost in the regular season one and went with this result into the play -offs. Opponent in the Divisional play-off game were the New England Patriots, who could be defeated with just 24:21. In the AFC Championship Game, the team met again on the managed by Chuck Noll Steelers. The team at Art Shell succeeded in revenge for the previous two playoff defeats and won with 24:7. Opponent in the subsequent Super Bowl XI were the Minnesota Vikings, who had to admit defeat with 32:14 of the team from Oakland. Stabler was also due to the performance of his offensive line to Shell and Upshaw in the play- offs without error and threw four touchdown passes. 1977 Shell and the Raiders could not defend their Super Bowl title. They met in the AFC Championship game to the Denver Broncos and left with a 20:17 defeat the playing field.

After the 1978 NFL season, Tom Flores took over the coaching reins at the Raiders. Stabler turn left the team in 1979 and was replaced by Jim Plunkett. With them kind shell in the NFL 1980 season celebrated his second Super Bowl victory. The team had won eleven of 16 games and moved so that in the wildcard game of the American Football Conference ( AFC ) against the Houston Oilers in. The game ended with 27:7 for the Raiders, who could win the following Divisional play-off game against the Cleveland Browns at 14:12. In the AFC Championship Game the Raiders met the San Diego Chargers and could almost say with 34:27 in the game. Dick Vermeil was with his Philadelphia Eagles of the opponents of the Raiders in Super Bowl XV. The Raiders won the game 27:10. Also in this final round was the offensive line from shell to a special meaning. Plunkett threw eight Touchdowpässe, three of them in the Super Bowl, at its own three interceptions.

Gene Upshaw finished after the game round in 1981 his career and also the playing career of Art Shell was coming to an end. Because of injuries, he was able in the 1982 season just eight games for the now relocated to Los Angeles Raiders deny. From 1983, he then worked as assistant coach of Flores in the Raiders.

Coaching career

Art Shell remained until 1989 assistant coach of the Raiders. In 1983, his team with a 38:9 victory against the Washington Redskins in Super Bowl XVIII third Super Bowl gewinnen.Im course of the 1989 season, he broke Mike Shanahan as head coach of the team from. He was thus the first black coach in the NFL. In the follow- season Shell moved with his team after a twelve wins from 16 games in the AFC Championship Game, where you can clearly defeated the Buffalo Bills with 51:3. After the Raiders in 1991 and 1993 still able to move into the play-offs, they lost in 1994, seven out of 16 games and failed already in the main round. Shell was then the owner of the Raiders, Al Davis, dismissed. Shell hired then as assistant coach Marty Schottenheimer with the Kansas City Chiefs and joined as an assistant to Dan Reeves in 1997 to the Atlanta Falcons. In 2000, he joined the management of the NFL, but took before the 2006 season, the offer of the Raiders there again as a head coach to work on. Immediately after the season, he was released again, his team had won just two of 16 games.

Honors

Arthur Shell played eight times in the Pro Bowl seven times and was voted All- Pro. He is a member of the NFL 1970s All- Decade Team in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, in the South Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame, the College Football Hall of Fame and in the Black College Football Hall of Fame. In 1990 he was elected to the NFL Coach of the Year.