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  Professional Football Researchers Association- Pro Football History
Biletnikoff finished fourth in the nation with 57 receptions for 11 touchdowns as a senior.
Fred was drafted by both the Raiders of the AFL and the Detroit Lions of the NFL.
The result was that Biletnikoff caught 40 passes for 895 yards and five touchdowns as the Raiders marched to the AFL championship.
www.footballresearch.com /articles/frpage.cfm?topic=biletnik   (1776 words)

  
 Oakland Raiders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fred Biletnikoff, in his 32nd year with the Raiders, returns for his 15th season as receivers coach.
In 2004, Biletnikoff coached two wide receivers who caught at least 50 passes, Jerry Porter, who led the Silver and Black with 64 and just missed the 1,000-yard receiving mark with 998, and Ronald Curry with 50.
Biletnikoff has coached three receivers who caught at least 50 passes in a single year (Jerry Rice - 92, Tim Brown - 81 and Porter - 51) and a 1,000-yard receiver (Rice - 1,211) in 2002.
www.raiders.com /team/coachbio.jsp?id=172   (356 words)

  
 Roseville Press Tribune : Sports
Biletnikoff, who moved to Roseville with his wife Angela late in 2003 and has served as Raiders' receiver coach since 1988, was far from the fastest and nowhere near the flashiest receiver during his playing days.
Biletnikoff took time out from his busy schedule of preparing for the April 23-24 NFL draft for a look back at his illustrious playing career and to reflect on his role today as an Oakland coach.
Biletnikoff said the infamous wild party stories from the days when the Raiders held training camp in Santa Rosa are a bit overblown.
www.thepresstribune.com /articles/2005/04/13/sports/01fred.txt   (1256 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - NFL Football - Hall of Famer Biletnikoff establishes foundation in daughter's name - Saturday May 06, ...
Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff sympathized with his daughter, a young woman who'd seen her share of trouble but was finally turning her life around.
Biletnikoff, who played for the Oakland Raiders for 14 years and now coaches their wide receivers, plans to attend.
Biletnikoff wishes he had asked his daughter more about her relationship with Ali.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/news/2000/05/05/biletnikoff_daughter_ap   (970 words)

  
 TSN Presents - Football's 100 Greatest Players
Discussions about Fred Biletnikoff inevitably start with the hands -- big, soft, supple and covered with the gooey substance he called "stickum." They were amazing hands, ball-attracting magnets that pulled in any pass within the time zone of his pattern.
Biletnikoff wasn't fast and his narrow-shouldered, 190-pound frame should by all rights have disintegrated with the heavy pounding it absorbed from 1965 to '78, when Biletnikoff turned sideline and over-the-middle pass catching into an art form.
Biletnikoff's precise, perfectly timed, sleight-of-foot patterns became legendary, as did his ability to make the difficult catch at the crucial point of a game.
tsn.sportingnews.com /nfl/100/94.html   (359 words)

  
 Member - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Fred Biletnikoff, a 6-1, 190-pounder with excellent hands and deceptive speed, caught 589 passes for 8,974 yards and 76 touchdowns during his 14-year career with the Oakland Raiders from 1965 through 1978.
Biletnikoff started as a special teams player and did not see action as a flanker until the seventh game of his rookie campaign.
Biletnikoff, a native of Erie, PA, reached the zenith of a career filled with outstanding achievements when he caught four passes for 79 yards to set up three Oakland scores in the Raiders’ 32-14 victory in Super Bowl XI.
www.profootballhof.com /hof/member.jsp?player_id=28   (389 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - Part 6: Al Davis, the awkward genius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
How Fred felt in his uniform was of vital importance to him, so getting dressed for a game acquired the intensity and feeling of a sacred ritual.
Fred Biletnikoff had a meticulous pregame routine with his uniform when he played for the Raiders.
Fred recoiled, as if his trust had been violated and he had been called a traitor.
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 Roseville Press Tribune : Local Sports
Biletnikoff, who lives in Roseville with his wife Angela, has seen enough of the dark side lately - the Raiders have won only 13 games over the last three seasons - to know when something's sparkling on the horizon.
Biletnikoff, who spent plenty of time playing and coaching alongside Shell, said the new head coach quickly earned the respect of the Raiders at last week's minicamp.
Biletnikoff was impressed by the minicamp performance of quarterback Aaron Brooks, a recent acquisition from the New Orleans Saints.
www.thepresstribune.com /articles/2006/05/22/sports/local_sports/02raiders.txt   (701 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - NFL Football - Jury finds man guilty of killing Biletnikoff's daughter - Wednesday April 25, 2001 ...
Linda Carlson of the Women's Recovery center where Biletnikoff was a client said she was relieved that Ali did not receive the lesser manslaughter conviction.
Fred Biletnikoff played for the Oakland Raiders for 14 years and now coaches their wide receivers.
Biletnikoff and his wife, Angela, Tracey's stepmother, have started the Tracey Biletnikoff Foundation to support community programs that treat substance abuse and domestic violence.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /football/nfl/news/2001/04/25/biletnikoff_trial_ap   (400 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Biletnikoff signed with the Raiders, and he spent his entire professional playing career in Oakland, and retired after the 1978 season.
Biletnikoff's career total of 589 receptions is relatively unimpressive by today's standards, but it was a remarkable achievement in the more run-oriented 60s and 70s, when the regular season was only 14 games long.
The Fred Biletnikoff Award, awarded annually to the best wide receiver in college football since 1994, was named in his honor.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fred_Biletnikoff   (391 words)

  
 NFL.com: NFL - HOF chat: Fred Biletnikoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
CANTON, Ohio (July 29, 2000) — Fred Biletnikoff had a combination of great speed and great hands that made him one of the best wide receivers to play the game, and his 8,974 yards receiving and 76 career touchdowns helped the Oakland Raiders to nine AFL/AFC title games and two Super Bowl appearances.
Fred Biletnikoff: I don't think there's anybody in the NFL that really qualifies that are on the same level as the players in the Hall of Fame now.
Fred Biletnikoff: Super Bowl XI when we beat the Minnesota Vikings.
www.nfl.com /news/hof/000729biletnikoff.html   (271 words)

  
 Ex-Raider's Daughter Slain / Boyfriend of Tracey Biletnikoff arrested at Mexico border
Tracey Biletnikoff, the 20-year- old daughter of Oakland Raiders great Fred Biletnikoff, was found slain yesterday in Redwood City, prompting an intense manhunt for her boyfriend, who was arrested last night near the Mexican border.
The younger Biletnikoff said his sister had been living with her dad in the East Bay and attending school at the College of San Mateo for the past year.
Fred Biletnikoff played for the Oakland Raiders from 1965 to 1978 and is currently a coach for the team.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/1999/02/17/MN14986.DTL   (852 words)

  
 Tracey Biletnikoff Foundation ( forget me not )   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fred Biletnikoff and his wife Angela bolted from their bed and rushed to the door.
Racing through the house to Tracey's room, Fred knew his daughter was dead even before he saw the empty bed.
It was the verdict Biletnikoff's family was hoping for after more than two years of waiting.
www.traceybiletnikoff.org /updates.html   (102 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
'''Fred Biletnikoff''' (Born February 23, 1943, in Erie, Pennsylvania) is an American former professional football player who played for 14 years with the Oakland Raiders as a wide receiver from 1965 through 1978.
Biletnikoff is a member of the American Football League Hall of Fame.
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 HickokSports.com - Biography - Fred Biletnikoff
In Super Bowl XI, Biletnikoff was named most valuable player after catching 4 passes for 79 yards, setting up 3 touchdowns, in Oakland's 32-14 win over the Minnesota Vikings.
The high-strung Biletnikoff suffered from an ulcer through most of his professional career and threw up before every game because of his nerves.
His trademark was large gobs of a gooey substance known as "stickum" which he smeared on his socks so he could apply some to his fingers before each play.
www.hickoksports.com /biograph/biletnik.shtml   (227 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Fred Biletnikoff was born in Erie, PA on February 23, 1943.
He would be drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 2nd round of the AFL draft and by the Detroit Lions in the 3rd round of the NFL draft.
Fred would also have a Hollywood moment with a roll in the movie "North Dallas Forty".
hometown.aol.com /_ht_a/steelhawk8/PSH/HOFers/football/biletnikoff.htm   (232 words)

  
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 Fred Biletnikoff Oakland Raiders Fred Biletnikoff
Drafted: Fred Biletnikoff was a second round draft choice of the Oakland Raiders in the 1965 AFL Draft.
At the time of his retirement, Fred not only dominated the Raiders' record book for pass receiving (at 589 receptions - this at a time when plays were more run-oriented and the season was only 14 games long) but he owned several significant NFL marks as well.
Fred Biletnikoff's best season came in 1968, when he led the league in receiving with 61 receptions for 1,037 yards and six touchdowns.
www.raidersonline.org /fred-biletnikoff.php   (1230 words)

  
 Biletnikoff Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
After a stellar career at Florida State, Fred Biletnikoff was selected by Oakland in the second round of the 1965 AFL draft.
The consummate receiver, Fred Biletnikoff, caught more passes (589) and scored more touchdowns (76) than any other Raider in history.
His only son, Fred Jr, chose to walk in his father's footsteps as a dedicated coach at Chabot College in Hayward, CA.
www.traceybiletnikoff.org /fredInHistory.html   (597 words)

  
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 Biletnikoff_CrabFeed2
After a stellar career at Florida State, Fred Biletnikoff was
Fred is a proud father of five children.
His only son, Fred Jr, chose to walk in his father's footsteps as a dedicated coach at Chabot College in Hayward, California.
www.galleryoflegends.net /Biletnikoff_History.html   (580 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff Photos
Fred Biletnikoff played for the Oakland Raiders 14 seasons (1965-78) after a stellar college career for Florida State University.
Fred caught over 75 TDs and 9000 yards during his time in Oakland.
An award is given annually to the best college WR in the nation that is named after him.
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 FRED BILETNIKOFF
Delgado was commissioned to create this original work as a tribute to Fred Biletinikoff and his late daughter Ttracy, who suffered an untimely death by the hands of someone she dated.
This tribute was unveiled at the 2006 BILETNIKOFF CELEBRITY GOLF CLASSIC held at CATTA VERDERA COUNTRY CLUB at Lincoln, California.
The mission of the Biletnikoff Foundation is to commemorate Tracey's life and her untimely death and to enable young people to realize their full potential through the support of community and education programs that effectively address the related problems of substance abuse and gender violence.
www.painteroflegends.com /id101.html   (342 words)

  
 Oakland Raiders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Hall of Fame wide receiver and current Raiders wide receivers coach Fred Biletnikoff addresses the audience at the 2006 Biletnikoff Foundation Crab Feed.
The Biletnikoff Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of young women recovering from substance abuse, and education for the prevention of domestic violence.
The foundation that Fred and his wife set up is great.
www.raiders.com /newsroom/commNewsDetail.jsp?id=28996   (464 words)

  
 Fred Biletnikoff Autographed \HOF 88\ Oakland Raiders 16x20 Photograph - SHOP.COM
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