Editing Al Davis (section)

===Military service===
In 1952, with his student deferral ended upon receipt of his master's degree, Davis was inducted into the United States Army. He quickly secured a place attached to a public relations unit near Syracuse, and set about obtaining a place on one of the coaching staff for the military's football teams. General Stanley Scott of [[Fort Belvoir]], [[Virginia]], obtained Davis's services in 1953 as football coach for his post's football squad. At the time, military football was taken very seriously; the teams were well-stocked with drafted college stars, and often scrimmaged National Football League teams. Davis coached Fort Belvoir, just south of Washington, D.C., to a record of eight wins, two losses, and one tie (8–2–1), missing a chance to play in the [[Poinsettia Bowl]] in San Diego because of a final-game loss to the nearby [[Quantico Marine Base]]. As a private first class, he was often coaching players of a higher rank, including officers.<ref>Toppmeyer, Blake. [https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2019/04/23/tennessee-football-jim-haslam-pilot-al-davis-raiders-fort-belvoir-ut-vols/3512895002/ "How former Tennessee Vols lineman Jim Haslam came to play football for Al Davis on a military base"], ''[[Knoxnews.com]]'', April 23, 2019. Retrieved June 23, 2021.</ref> Near the end of 1952, he was called to testify before a congressional committee investigating whether athletes were being coddled in the military. Although most of Davis's team was sent to [[Korean War|Korea]], he remained at Fort Belvoir until his discharge in 1954.{{sfn|Ribowsky|1991|pp=41–54}}{{sfn|Richmond|2010|p=41}} While coaching in the army, Davis sold scouting information about his players to NFL teams.{{sfn|Simmons|pp=14–15}} One NFL executive who contacted Davis was [[Pete Rozelle]] of the [[Los Angeles Rams]], but as Rozelle had been allocated no money, Davis gave him no information.{{sfn|Dickey|p=4}}