{"id":1183,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1183","headline":"Former Raiders running back Pete Banaszak dies at 82","dek":"Banaszak scored two touchdowns in the Raiders' Super Bowl XI win and led the NFL in rushing touchdowns in 1975.","body":"Pete Banaszak, a running back who helped the Raiders win their first Super Bowl, has died at 82. The team announced his death on Saturday.\n\nBanaszak spent his career with the Raiders and was a key part of the backfield during the franchise's rise to prominence. In 1975 he led the NFL with 16 rushing touchdowns, a season that helped establish him as one of the team's most reliable scorers near the goal line.\n\nHis biggest moment came in Super Bowl XI during the 1976 season, when he ran for two touchdowns to help Oakland capture the franchise's first championship. That performance remains one of the signature efforts in Raiders playoff history.\n\nThe Raiders released a statement honoring Banaszak following news of his death, remembering him as a core figure from that championship era. No further details on his death were provided.","published_at":"2026-10-24T22:18:54.836194+00:00","source_count":3,"written_from":[{"outlet":"New York Post","publisher":"New York Post","title":"Raiders legend Pete Banaszak, who starred in Super Bowl XI win, dies at 82","url":"https://nypost.com/2026/10/24/sports/raiders-legend-pete-banaszak-who-starred-in-super-bowl-xi-win-dies-at-82/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Former Raiders RB Pete Banaszak dies at 82","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/former-raiders-rb-pete-banaszak-194059696.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Former Raiders RB Pete Banaszak dies at 82","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/former-raiders-rb-pete-banaszak-dies-at-82"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Raiders legend Pete Banaszak dies at age 82","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/raiders-legend-pete-banaszak-dies-222834958.html"}],"image":{"url":"https://nbcsports.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e31d2c8/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1920x1080+0+0/resize/1920x1080!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhdliveextra-a.akamaihd.net%2FHD%2Fimage_sports%2FNBCU_Sports_Group_-_nbcsports%2F292%2F862%2Fnbc_pft_ramsraiders_261022.jpg","credit":"Pro Football Talk","width":1920},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}