Chip Oliver

Chip Oliver (born April 24, 1944) is a former American football linebacker. He played for the Oakland Raiders from 1968 to 1969.[1][2] He left the team to join One World Family of the Messiah's World Crusade, he wanted to but was unable to return to the team in 1971.[3]

Chip Oliver
No. 56
Position:Linebacker
Personal information
Born: (1944-04-24) April 24, 1944
Winona, Mississippi
Height:6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:San Diego (CA) Hoover
College:USC
NFL Draft:1968 / Round: 11 / Pick: 298
Career history

in 1971 Oliver tried to get back on the Raider team, by standing and walking on his hands. He had been on a vegetarian diet. Aside from his affiliation with his religious group, it just was not Madden’s choice. Why another team did not show interest is a question.

Oliver played the son-in-law Richard in "Those Were the Days," a 1969 television pilot which was the second attempt to start a sitcom eventually titled All in the Family.[4][5][6]

References
  1. "Chip Oliver Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  2. "Chip Oliver, LB". Nfl.com. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
  3. "7 Jun 1971, 33 - Oakland Tribune at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  4. "Chip Oliver: Flower Child Back," The New York Times, Sunday, July 4, 1971. Retrieved August 13, 2021
  5. Terrace, Vincent. Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2021
  6. "Those Were the Days" (television pilot recorded Sunday, February 16, 1969) – YouTube (via Classic TV & More). Retrieved August 13, 2021


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