The Autumn Wind

The Autumn Wind

“The Autumn Wind” is a poem written by Steve Sabol (son of Ed Sabol) describing autumn weather. It is synonymous with the Oakland Raiders, [Citation |last= |first= |title=Warnock to sell luxury suites at stadium |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=1797330 |publisher="ESPN" |date=2004-05-07 |accessdate=2008-01-27] [Citation |last= |first= |title=The Recap |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/29/AR2006102900909.html |publisher="Washington Post" |date=2006-10-30 |accessdate=2008-01-27] and is often heard at games. [Citation |last=Steele |first=David |title=Coliseum Turns Into Wind Tunnel for a Day |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/10/23/SP81987.DTL |publisher="San Francisco Chronicle" |date=2000-10-23 |accessdate=2008-01-27] [Citation |last=Carr |first=Bob |title=What do the Tennessee Titans and the San Diego Chargers have in Common? |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/author?blogid=11&auth=34&o=10 |publisher="San Francisco Chronicle" |date=2005-11-01 |accessdate=2008-01-27] Narrated by John Facenda, [Citation |last=Peterseim |first=Peter |title=Cool Hand Luke, Wilt the Stilt, and the nine-headed monster |url=http://espn.go.com/abcsports/mnf/s/annotatedmiller/1106.html |publisher="ESPN" |date=2001-12-29 |accessdate=2008-01-27] this 1974 production has been dubbed "The Battle Hymn of the Raider Nation." [Citation |last=Lynch |first=Kevin |title=Foreboding song blows through practice |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/01/SP153120.DTL |publisher="San Francisco Chronicle" |date=2002-11-01 |accessdate=2008-01-27]

When Raider owner Al Davis heard "The Autumn Wind" for the first time, he was silent for a second before telling Ed Sabol that he loved it, and it epitomized everything the Raiders stand for.

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External links

* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1414183115323448274 The Autumn Wind video]


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