Racine Raiders
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Racine Raiders
Year founded: 1953
City
Racine, Wisconsin
Team Colors
Cardinal, Silver and Black
Head Coach
Jordan Kopac
League/Conference Affiliations
Racine Raiders (1953-present)
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Split games between Pershing Park and Historic Horlick Field (1978)
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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 half of a cardinal bandana on a white circular background in a triple circular outline of silver, cardinal and black
Radio Stations: WRJN (1400 AM)
Radio Announcers: Joe Mooney, John Wosyk and Don Wadewitz
Franchise history
Summary
Coming Soon.
Nickname and uniforms
Coming Soon.
Current season
[Racine Raiders 2006 Schedule ]
Season-by-season
[Racine Raiders Year-by-Year Records ]
Players of note
Current players
[Racine Raiders Roster ]
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
Tim Rucks
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
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
Players That Played in the NFL
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)
Current Coaching Staff
Head Coach
Offensive Coaches
Defensive Coaches
External links
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