Found inside'You could feel his presence,' remembers former safety George Atkinson. ... He spent the remainder of that year in the film room with Hall-of-Fame ... Found insideAn Unorthodox Hall of Fame Franklin Foer, Marc Tracy. when he bravely canceled an exhibition in Mobile, Alabama, ... The safety George Atkinson arranged a ... Untold stories from Davis confidants Bruce Kebric and Jon Kingdon Found inside – Page 33George Atkinson the entire game by making a move to the inside without ever ... Maynard was selected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame and enshrined at ... Found insideThey included five future Hall of Famers: Buck Buchanan, Bobby Bell, ... George Atkinson (who joined a defensive backfield that would become known as the ... Found inside – Page 82Above left: Steelers Hall of Fame wide receiver John Stallworth in 1977. ... Raiders' defensive back George Atkinson delivered a vicious, ... This definitive review of the entire Jets’ Super Bowl team is a must for every Jets diehard, for fans of the old American Football League, and for all who love the game. Features stories from the team's beginning in 1995 through the 2003 season, during which the Carolina Panthers won the Super Bowl. Found inside... Dave Casper, Ted Hendricks, and George Atkinson. If you rearranged the busts at the Football Hall of Fame, you could replicate half their locker room. Found inside – Page 934 The Raiders ' George Atkinson . 35 Linebacker Mike Merriweather ... 43 Hall of Fame linebacker Jack Lambert . 44 c ) The book by Roy Blount Jr. was ... Found inside – Page 32... at their positions in the league , and both wound up in the Hall of Fame . ... In the Oakland playoff game ( in '76 ) , George Atkinson popped his elbow ... Found insideCompiled and edited by longtime SI colleague Peter King, these are the stories he still wants to see told. Found inside – Page 52... and former teammate George Atkinson competed for "knockouts," which left the ... enshrined in the Mississippi Assn. of Coaches Hall of Fame in Jackson. Found inside131 Canadian jockey Ted Atkinson rode Tom Fool in all thirty of his career starts. ... the year in which he was also inducted into the Hall of Fame. George ... Found inside – Page 451Children : ( 1 ) Richia Elizabeth Smithsonian Assocs .; Tallahassee Art League ; MetAtkinson ; ( 2 ) Joseph Burch Atkinson , Jr. m . ... George Atkinson , Jr. m . Janie Black ; ( 2 ) Anna ... CA , Wisdom Hall of Fame ( 1970 Awd . of Hon . ) . ( N. Y. ) ... A zany journey into the heart of football mania follows the author's odyssey by RV with the world's most obsessive sports fanatics to follow Alabama fans and their Crimson Tide team from game to game across the South, profiling the colorful ... Found inside – Page 138Jack Tatum has since been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. ... “George Atkinson, Skip Thomas, Lester Hayes, Jack, and I controlled the ... Found inside – Page 44He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1992. ... Jack Tatum was the Assassin, George Atkinson was The I-Iltman, and Skip Thomas was Dr. Death. Found insideThird row : Mark Marr , Perry Patten , George Atkinson , Bruce Jones , Joe Austin , Elmer Marry , Bill Seymoure , Brad McCaskey , Terry Camp , Charles Bellty , Mark Potes , Chris Luma , John Barrett . Top row : Assistant Coach Phil Eberhard ... Hell with the Lid Off looks at the ferocious five-year war waged by Pittsburgh and Oakland for NFL supremacy during the turbulent seventies. Found inside – Page 172“Lynn Swann and I will never sit down and talk about anything,” Atkinson said. ... mayor of San Francisco, not the Raiders' hall of fame cornerback. Found insideSo, it was something of a shocker when defensive back George Atkinson signed ... of good arguments as to why Smith belongs in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, ... Draws on interviews, e-mails, and previously undisclosed documents to reveal how the NFL has endeavored to cover up evidence of the connection between football and brain damage for the past two decades. Found inside – Page 606... 177, 178, 209 Ashford Castle, 454 Atkinson, George, 467, 476, 477 Atkinson, ... 278; in Hall of Fame game (1964), 346–47; Johnny Unitas with, 288, 450; ... Found inside – Page 178... the Hall of Fame. ... The great Raider strong safety, George Atkinson, hit him in the back of his head with his fist and cold-cocked him on a pass route ... Cheating Is Encouraged defines an era that can only be considered the last days of “real football played by real men.” Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Sports Publishing imprint, are proud to publish a broad range of books for ... Found inside... he was named MVP and ultimately elected into the Hall of Fame. ... The great Raider strong safety, George Atkinson, hit him in the back of his head with ... Found inside – Page 146Georgetown , Tx . Georgia Racing Hall of Fame Inc. , Dawsonville , Ga . George E. Palling and Pearl Palling Scholarship Trust , Georgetown Heritage Trust ... The former football coach and latter-day television commentator offers a very personal account of his years as a college coach, coach of the champion Oakland Raiders, sports announcer, and TV-commercial star Found inside – Page 158George Atkinson 6. Jack Tatum 7. Fred Biletnikoff 8. ... who was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on August 4, 1990. Hendricks, known as the “Mad ... This unique book goes beyond the standard fare on football strategy and history, or the biographies of famous players and coaches, to analyze the reasons why the game is the essence of the American spirit. Found inside – Page 29... Wille Brown and Kent McCloughan and safeties Dave Grayson and George Atkinson. ... player and record-setter has a strong case for the Hall of Fame. Found inside – Page 91... Hall of Fame , 32774 Remarks in Senate Tribute , 32774 ATHANSON , GEORGE A ... 884 ) , 36661 ATKINSON , GEORGE Address Constitution - Shield Supported ... Found inside – Page 1025Under Hall of Fame coach John Madden, who eventually became an iconic television ... That year, safeties Jack Tatum and George Atkinson used intimidation ... Found insideThere were nine future Hall of Famers on theRaiders while Madden washead coach:JimOtto, ... Jim Otto,Dave Casper, Willie Brown, and George Atkinson? Found insideThat was an amazing feeling,” said Hall of Fame teammate Gene Upshaw. ... The bone jarring tackling from safeties George Atkinson and Jack Tatum epitomizes ... Found inside – Page 161In 2005, he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. ... secondaries that included Willie Brown, Nemiah Wilson, George Atkinson, and Jack Tatum. The hardest-hitting free safety in football reveals that, although he loves combat, he hates the injuries that result from his powerful charges, and he calls for changes in the game's rules to afford players better protection Found inside – Page 82Cameos: Hall of Famers—Tony Dorsett 33; All Pros and other notables—Flipper Anderson 83, George Atkinson 47, Hardy Brown 34/46, Terrell Buckley 27, ... Found inside... Hall of Fame's all-1990s team and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of ... by George Atkinson of the Raiders, Noll stated to the press that Atkinson ... Found inside – Page 122... men you could imagine , ” former Raiders star George Atkinson said . ... said Willie Brown , a Hall of Fame defensive back who played for the Raiders ... Found inside – Page 66Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff, left, and all-time great quarterback Ken ... CB — Skip Thomas CB — Willie Brown SS — George Atkinson FS —Jack Tatum ... Found insideIn this rollicking biography, Peter Richmond tells the story of Oakland's wrecking crew of castoffs, psychos, oddballs, and geniuses who won six division titles and a Super Bowl championship under the brilliant leadership of coach John ... This unprecedented look at football history from the players’ perspective combines the stories of icons such as Frank Gifford and Bart Starr with those of journeymen who shared the huddle with Johnny Unitas and rallied to halftime ... Found inside... at their positions in the league, and both wound up in the Hall of Fame. ... In the Oakland playoff game [in '76], George Atkinson popped his elbow ... Found insideretired in 1988, and the selectors voted him into the Hall of Fame in 1997. ... Two of the worst were delivered by George Atkinson. 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