Oakland Raiders legend and former AFL All-Star George Atkinson, who led the team to a Super Bowl 11 championship, has passed ...
A fearsome safety and returner for the dominant John Madden-coached Oakland Raiders teams of the 1970s has died at 78.
George Atkinson, a hard-hitting defensive back who roamed the secondary for the Oakland Raiders and was part of the team’s ...
Atkinson was the last remaining member of the Oakland Raiders’ famed “Soul Patrol” defensive backfield that once terrorized ...
George Atkinson played in 144 games and intercepted 30 passes. He and Jack Tatum were one of the most intimidating safety ...
George Atkinson, a hard-hitting former Raiders safety who struck fear in the opposition, has died. The Raiders announced ...
The first Black player to receive a football scholarship to a major Texas school, and a Super Bowl champion, died Sunday.