Racine Raiders

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Racine Raiders
Year founded: 1953
Racine Raiders mascot
Racine Raiders logo
Mascot Logo
City Racine, Wisconsin
Team Colors Cardinal, Silver and Black
Head Coach Jordan Kopac
League/Conference Affiliations

Central States Football League (1953, 1962-1975)
Bi-States Football League (1954-1959)
Tri-States Football League (1960-1961)
Northern States Football League (1978-1981, 1983-1985)
American Football Association (1982)
Midwest Football League (1986-1990, 1992-1994)
Independent (1991)
Mid Continental Football League (1995-2002)
North American Football League (2003-present)
Division History
  • BI-SFL North Division (1959)
  • TRI-SFL North Division (1960-1961)
  • CSFL North Division (1962-1964)
  • CSFL South Division (1965-1972)
  • CSFL East Division (1973-1974)
  • NSFL West Division (1979-1980)
  • AFA North Division (1982)
  • MFL North Division (1986-1987, 1989)
  • MCFL West Division (1995-1996, 1999-2000)
  • MCFL North Division (1997-1998)
  • North American Football League Great Lakes Region (2003-Present)
    • Midwest Division (2003)
    • Western Lakes Division (2004-present)
Team History
  • Racine Raiders (1953-present)
  • No Team Fielded (1976-1977)
  • North Shore (IL) Gladiators (1978)
  • Racine Gladiators (1979-1985)
Titles
  • League Championships (13)
  • National Championships (7)
    1981, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1995, 2001
  • National Championship Runner-Up (4)
    1984, 1993, 1997, 2000
  • Other Post-Season Championships (2)
    1994, 1999
Home fields

Split games between Pershing Park and Historic Horlick Field (1978)

The Racine Raiders American football club is a North American Football League team based in Racine, Wisconsin. Founded in 1953, the team joined the NAFL in 2003 during the league's fourth season. The Raiders were the first minor league football team to gain 501(c)(3) Not-For-Profit status from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Many other teams have since followed in the Raiders footsteps.

Helmet Design: Silver background with a cowboy bandit in black with a half and half bandanna of cardinal and black on a white circular background in a triple circular outline of silver, cardinal and black
Mascot: R.J. Raider
Radio Stations: WRJN (1400 AM) and All-In Broadcasting (Streaming Internet)
Radio Announcers: Joe Mooney, John Wosyk and Don Wadewitz

Contents

[edit] Franchise history

[edit] Summary

Coming Soon.

[edit] Nickname and uniforms

Coming Soon.

[edit] Current season

Racine Raiders 2006 Schedule

[edit] Season-by-season

Racine Raiders Year-by-Year Records

[edit] Players of note

[edit] Current players

Racine Raiders Roster

[edit] Minor League Football Hall of Fame

1982 Harry Gilbert Coach Category
1987 Bob Milkie Player Category
1988 Kurt Kampendahl Player Category
1988 Ed O'Reilly Coach Category
1989 Greg Johnson Player Category
1990 Charlie Bliss Player Category
1994 Norm Killion Coach Category
1996 Ron Hart Player Category
1997 Tom Kohr Coach Category
1999 Arnie Garber Coach Category
1999 Joe Mooney Executive Category
2000 John Scardina Player Category
2001 Phil Micech Player Category
2002 Tony Lombardo Player Category
2003 Jordan Kopac Coach Category
2003 Dennis Galipo Player Category
2005 Ron Anton Player Category
2005 Terry Converse Coach Category
2005 Gary Kuykendall Player Category
2005 Mike Willkomm Player Category

[edit] Retired numbers

10 Jim May Quarterback 1964-1965
11 Charlie Bliss Quarterback 1980-1989, 1992
23 Tony Lombardo Running Back 1962-1966
51 Bob Milkie Center 1957-1971
53 L. Fred Vondra Center 1979-1985
74 Kurt Kampendahl Defensive Tackle 1982-1993
75 Ron Hart Defensive Tackle 1964-1975
82 Ron Anton Tight End 1964-1973
83 Phil Micech Defensive End/Defensive Tackle/Tight End 1985-1995, 2001

[edit] Players that played in the NFL

Tony Lombardo, Philadelphia Eagles (1964)
Ron Daugherty, Minnesota Vikings (1987)
Phil Micech, Minnesota Vikings (1987)
Brett Wilson, Minnesota Vikings (1987)
Matt Turk, Washington Redskins (1995-99), Miami Dolphins (2000-01, 2003-05), New York Jets (2002), St. Louis Rams (2006)

[edit] Head coaches

1953 Don Perkins (1-2-2)
1953 Les Kalchik (1-6-0)
1954-1962 Frank Schinkowitch (46-47-5)
1963 Jim Haluska (2-8-0)
1964-1967, 1982 Harry Gilbert (44-9-2)
1968-1969 Jim Thompson (11-12-0)
1970-1972 Bruno Wojtaszek (15-24-0)
1973-1974 Warren Greco (16-9-0)
1975, 1979 Larry Benjamin (15-12)
1980-81, 1986-90, 1997-2000 Bob Milkie (137-29-0)
1983-1984 Pete Bock (32-3-0)
1985 Rich McClure (9-7-0)
1991-1994 Terry Converse (49-3-0)
1995-1996 Kurt Kampendahl (29-4-0)
2002-2004 Gregg Brenner (36-10-0)
2001, 2005-present Jordan Kopac (26-7-0)

[edit] Current coaching staff

[edit] Head Coach

[edit] Offensive Coaches

[edit] Defensive Coaches

[edit] External links

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