From Oakland to Los Angeles and back again. And now from Oakland to Las Vegas. The Raiders’ biggest moves haven’t always sat well with everyone in Raider Nation.

But an important move that took place 60 years ago today remains one every Raiders fan can agree upon. It’s when the team’s ownership said adios to “Señors,” the team’s original, eyebrow-raising nickname, to clear the way for their iconic Raiders brand.

And, if you indulge our news organization’s self-interests for a moment, we probably deserve an assist for the name change. While we’re doling out credit for the Raiders, you’d actually have to start with Paris Hilton’s grandfather.

But, more on that later.

When it came time to name Oakland’s new American Football League franchise in 1960, the ownership group decided to let the people decide. While partnering with our Oakland Tribune, a newspaper contest was held that elicited more than 10,000 responses.

The selection committee reportedly chose 19 nicknames as finalists. Those final options were … interesting. Presented in no particular order, the team would either be called the Admirals, Lakers, Raiders, Diablos, Mavericks, Seawolves, Gauchos, Nuggets, Señors, Dons, Costers, Grandees, Sequoias, Missiles, Knights, Redwoods, Clippers, Jets or Dolphins.

Eight days later, the Tribune revealed the winning name was Señors. The name Raiders apparently wound up third in the committee’s voting — second was either Lakers or Mavericks, depending upon which version of the story was being told.

Helen Davis, an Oakland police officer who wasn’t related to future team owner Al Davis, was one of seven people submitting the winning name. But she won the grand prize of a trip for two to Acapulco, Mexico because of her compelling accompanying letter.

As you might imagine, the nickname choice was not well-received. Not only was it a source of ridicule throughout the Bay Area and beyond, there was even talk of a rigged voting process. New Raiders general partner and general manager Chet Soda, was part of the committee and the Oakland businessman was well known for calling people “señor.”

After a week’s worth of complaints about Señors, Soda and the committee heard another valid reason why the name just wouldn’t stick in Oakland. It would create big problems for the hometown newspaper. Scotty Stirling, an influential Oakland Tribune sports writer who would later become the team’s general manager, pleaded with them to make a change.

“That’s no good,” Stirling said of Señors. “We don’t have the accent mark for the ñ in our headline type.”

Thank goodness for old printing presses.

So, nine days after the “Name the team” contest appeared over, the new winning name was introduced for the second and final time by Soda. He said they’d listened to the cries for a name “more appropriate for a gang of football warriors.”

“We certainly appreciate the fans’ interest in our club,” he said. “Public sentiment disapproved of ‘Señors.’ We hope everyone will like ‘Raiders’ as much as we do.”

Kendrick Martin of Hayward obviously loved it. He was declared the newest winner of the contest when his “Raiders” submission letter included a more compelling argument than the 26 others who suggested the nickname. Martin said it had to be Raiders “because our team and its supporters must be fired and inspired by a fighting name. ‘Raiders’ implies early, sustained offense, carrying the fight to the opponents.”

In retrospect, the haphazard naming process was to be expected. The mere idea of a professional football team in Oakland was a preposterous one just months earlier.

The city hadn’t been pushing for a team, there wasn’t an ownership group in sight and Oakland didn’t have a suitable pro football stadium. Three strikes usually means you’re out, but this was the AFL, where anything goes.

Reeling by the last-minute defection of the expansion Minnesota Vikings to the NFL in January of 1960, the AFL desperately needed a replacement team. And, because of a last-minute ultimatum by Los Angeles Chargers owner Barron Hilton (Paris’ grandpa, if you prefer), the team had to be on the West Coast. The wealthy business magnate threatened to give up his Chargers ownership unless it happened.

So, even with its questionable credentials, Oakland was chosen and Hilton stayed aboard.

By March, the Raiders had a coach, Eddie Erdelatz, and a set of colors: Black and orange. They’d wear black helmets and black jerseys with orange stripes. Their uniforms, Erdelatz excitedly announced, would look similar to those worn by the Chicago Bears.

Those plans changed a month later when the colors were switched to black and gold. The colors, it was reasoned, seemed to work better for “Raiders.” Of course, there may have been an ulterior motive at work during the changing of the colors. It was soon revealed the Raiders would be wearing cost-efficient, hand-me-down uniforms from the similarly colored and nearby University of Pacific’s football team.

Once outfitted, they didn’t look like a championship-caliber team and they certainly didn’t play like one while going 3-25 after a mediocre inaugural season.

Then Al Davis came along, changed the team’s colors as well as their fortunes. But that’s a story for another day.

Also on this date …

2019: The Sharks got blitzed early in a 6-3 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 3 of their first-round series at T-Mobile Arena. Vegas, which grabbed a 2-1 series advantage, got a hat track and two assists from Mark Stone and two goals and three assists from Paul Stastny.

1975: The Warriors set an NBA postseason record that still stands when they recorded 22 steals against Seattle in Game 1 of the NBA Western Conference semifinals. Rick Barry led the Warriors with a franchise-record eight steals in the 123-96 victory. Golden State wound up winning the series in six games on its way to its first NBA title since moving to the Bay Area.

1967: The San Francisco Warriors fall to the 76ers, 141-135 in overtime in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, despite Rick Barry’s 37 points and Nate Thurmond’s 24 points and 31 rebounds. The 76ers, who went on to win the series in six games, got 32 points from Hal Greer as well as 16 points and 33 rebounds from Wilt Chamberlain.

1965: The Giants’ Willie Mays hit his 455th career home run, a three-run shot off future Hall of Famer Jim Bunning, in a 5-2 win over the Phillies at Connie Mack Stadium. Mays passed Mickey Mantle on the all-time list and, although both remained active into the 1970s, Mays never trailed Mantle again.