Sam Backo walked into the office of Raiders coach Don Furner (senior) in 1983 and declared that he was ready to play first-grade football.
This was a bold statement indeed given he hadn’t played any games in any grade up until that point. It was even bolder given that he hadn’t even signed a contract.
Don Furner advised him to go next door and speak to the Raiders secretary John McIntyre to sort out a contract before his ambitions could be taken any further.