Al Atkinson
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Position: | Linebacker | ||||||
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Born: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | July 28, 1943||||||
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College: | Villanova | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1965 / Round: 6 / Pick: 84 (By the Baltimore Colts) | ||||||
AFL draft: | 1965 / Round: 3 / Pick: 24 (By the Buffalo Bills) | ||||||
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Allen Edward Atkinson (born July 28, 1943) is a former American football linebacker who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the National Football League (NFL). He played high school ball at Monsignor Bonner High School. He played college football at Villanova University, where he was a linebacker. He played professionally in the AFL for the New York Jets from 1965 through 1969;[1] then for the NFL Jets through 1974. He was a member of the Jets' 1968 World Championship team, and an American Football League All-Star in 1968.
See also
References
- ^ Jack Horrigan and Mike Rathet, The Other League/The Fabulous Story of the American Football League
External links
Categories:
- 1943 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Philadelphia
- Players of American football from Pennsylvania
- American football linebackers
- Villanova Wildcats football players
- New York Jets (AFL) players
- New York Jets players
- American Football League All-Star players
- Super Bowl champions
- American football linebacker, 1940s birth stubs