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Doug Atkins. Douglas Leon Atkins (May 8, 1930 – December 30, 2015) was an American football defensive end who played for the Cleveland Browns, the Chicago Bears, and the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Tennessee Volunteers under head coach Robert Neyland.
Dec 30, 2015 · “Doug Atkins was one of the best who ever played” at Tennessee,” Gus Manning, a Tennessee athletic administrator for over six decades, said Wednesday in a university release. “He was a real competitor and extremely tough.” Atkins was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982 and the College Football Hall of Fame in 1985.
Dec 30, 2015 · Doug Atkins, one of greatest players and all-around characters in NFL history, died on Wednesday in Knoxville, Tenn., at the age of 85. Atkins, enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982, had his number 81 retired by both the Bears and New Orleans Saints, to whom Atkins was traded in 1967 and played the final three years of his career.
Dec 31, 2015 · Dec 30, 2015 9:51 PM EST. Talk of Fame Network. Hall-of-Fame defensive end Doug Atkins, a giant of a man and a giant of a football player, died Wednesday at 85. Atkins, who was 6-feet-8 and 280 pounds, was a fearsome pass rusher who played in the 1950s and 1960s and spent most of his 17-year career with the Chicago Bears. He appeared in the Pro ...
Dec 30, 2015 · Hall of Fame defensive end Doug Atkins dies at 85. SI Staff. Dec 30, 2015. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Doug Atkins, a defensive lineman who earned induction into both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and ...
Dec 30, 2015 · Hall of Fame defensive end Doug Atkins dies at 85. By The Associated Press Dec 30, 2015. In this Nov. 19, 2005 file photo, Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, right, and university president John ...
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Dec 30, 2015 · Doug Atkins, Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Bears defensive end, died Wednesday at 85. In 17 seasons, including 12 with the Bears (1955-66), Atkins made eight Pro Bowls and won NFL ...