1972 Topps football card of former Oakand Raider safety George Atkinson, who played ten seasons of pro football. He was an American Football League All Star in his first 2 years, 1968 and ’69, and was a solid and dependable player in the Raiders’ secondary for a decade, helping them win a Super Bowl in 1977. Atkinson currently works on Oakland game broadcasts, and his son, George Atkinson III, had a brief stint with the Raiders in 2014 as a running back.
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