Art Shell
Offensive Tackle · Oakland Raiders
Football · Enshrined Legend
Art Shell
A fifteen-season fixture at tackle for the Oakland Raiders, Art Shell anchored two Super Bowl-winning lines and drew Pro Bowl recognition across three different decades.
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The Backstory
Fifteen Seasons in Silver and Black
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for a career built in the trenches for the Oakland Raiders.
A decade and a half at tackle
Started for the Raiders from 1968 through 1982, suiting up for 207 league games along the way.
Honored across three decades
Named to eight Pro Bowls, three All-NFL teams, and five All-Conference teams spanning the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.
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1968 → 1982
Career Timeline
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1968
Begins his Raiders career
Enters the NFL as a tackle for Oakland, launching a 15-season run.
Career Highlights
Fifteen seasons of durability and dominance up front for the Raiders.
Eight-time Pro Bowl selection — Recognized in the 1960s, '70s, and '80s.
Three-time All-NFL — Named to the league's top honor three times.
Five-time All-Conference — Repeated conference-level recognition.
207 career games played — A model of durability at tackle.
24 playoff appearances — Shares the club record.
Two Super Bowl starts — Started both of Oakland's Super Bowl wins in his era.
Every award, on the record
Honors & Awards
More To Know
Deeper Cuts on Art Shell
In 1989 Al Davis made him the first Black head coach in the modern NFL, and he went 54-38 leading the Raiders through 1994, including a trip to the AFC Championship Game in 1990.
He returned for a second stint as Raiders head coach in 2006, though it ended after a difficult 2-14 season.
He later worked as an offensive line coach for the Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons before becoming the NFL's Senior Vice President of Football Operations in 2004.
He grew up attending a segregated high school in South Carolina before earning his degree at Maryland State College, now the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
He was also inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2013.
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