Dave Grayson

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Dave Grayson
Date of birth June 6, 1939 (1939-06-06) (age 69)
Place of birth San Diego, California
Position(s) Defensive Back
College University of Oregon
Jersey Number 45
Career highlights
Awards AFL All-Time Team
Honors AFL All-Star (1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1969)

Associated Press First-team All-Pro (1964, 1965, 1968, 1969)

Records All-time AFL
interceptions, 47
Stats
Statistics
Teams
1961-1962
1963-1964
1965-1969
1970
AFL Dallas Texans
AFL Kansas City Chiefs
AFL Oakland Raiders
NFL Oakland Raiders

Dave Grayson (born 1939) played offensive and defensive halfback at the University of Oregon. He was drafted by the American Football League's Dallas Texans in 1961 and played four years with the Texans/Chiefs before joining the Oakland Raiders in 1965. Grayson held the AFL record for longest interception return for a td, 99 yd against the New York Titans in 1961. He had an interception off George Blanda in the Texans' classic 1962 double-overtime championship game victory over the defending AFL Champion Houston Oilers. Grayson was anAmerican Football League All-Star six times, in Dallas/Kansas City in 1962, 1963 and 1964, and in Oakland in 1965, 1966 and 1969. He made a 48-yard return with the opening kickoff against the Oilers in the 1967 AFL Championship Game. At Oakland in 1968, he led the American Football League with ten interceptions.

He is the all-time AFL leader in interceptions with 47, for a 20-yard return average and 5 tds, and he averaged 25.4 yards on 110 kickoff returns. He is a member of the American Football League All-Time Team.

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