Overview
- The Raiders announced Pete Banaszak’s death and issued a statement offering condolences to his wife Sue, daughters Rebecca and Amy, and his grandchildren while calling him a cherished member of the Silver and Black.
- Banaszak spent his entire 13-year professional career with the Raiders after being picked in the fifth round of the 1966 AFL Draft and played 173 regular-season games for the franchise.
- He led the NFL with 16 rushing touchdowns in 1975, a total reported as a Raiders single-season mark, and he ran for two touchdowns in the team’s Super Bowl XI victory.
- Banaszak is also linked to the Raiders’ famed 'Holy Roller' play when he first appeared to try to recover Ken Stabler’s fumble and then knocked the ball forward for Dave Casper to recover in the end zone.
- After retiring he worked for Crowley Maritime, lived in the Jacksonville area, co-hosted a Jaguars postgame radio show, and was honored by the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame and the University of Miami for his career and community ties.