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Oakland Raiders legend and former AFL All-Star George Atkinson, who led the team to a Super Bowl 11 championship, has passed away.
George Atkinson, one of the Raiders' all-time great players who later worked as a team broadcaster, has died at age 78, the team announced.
Oakland Raiders legend George Atkinson, who was a part of the team's "Soul Patrol" secondary, has died, the team announced on Monday. He was 78.
Warren McVea, the first Black player to get a football scholarship at a major Texas school and who later helped the Chiefs win their first Super Bowl title, has died.
The last living member of the iconic Oakland Raiders “Soul Patrol” has died. George Atkinson, a former safety for the Raiders, died at the age of 78, the team announced Monday. Atkinson’s “physical style of play helped define an era of football,