Frank Atkinson (American football)
| No. 73 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Position: | Defensive tackle, defensive end | ||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
| Date of birth: | December 13, 1941 | ||||||||
| Place of birth: | San Francisco, California | ||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||
| College: | Stanford University | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1963 / Round: 1 pick by Steelers in 8th round / Pick: 108 | ||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
| Career NFL statistics | |||||||||
|
|||||||||
Franklyn Rehm Atkinson (born December 13, 1941, in San Francisco, California) is a former professional American football defensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the American Football League (AFL). He played college football at Stanford University, where he was a defensive and offensive tackle. He was the first pick by the Pittsburgh Steelers (8th-round 108th overall pick) in the 1963 NFL Draft and played 14 games for them in that season and was a starter at defensive tackle during the late season. He played in the inaugural Hall of Fame games in Canton, Ohio in 1963 and gained All-Rookie mention. He played in the AFL for the Denver Broncos in 1964.[1]
See also
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This biographical article relating to an American football defensive lineman born in the 1940s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- NFL player using deprecated currentteam parameter
- NFL player with pastcoaching parameter
- NFL player with pastexecutive parameter
- NFL player with disambiguated name
- Infobox NFL player with debut/final parameters
- Pages using infobox NFL player with dbf parameter
- 1941 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from San Francisco, California
- Players of American football from California
- American football defensive tackles
- American football defensive ends
- Stanford Cardinal football players
- Pittsburgh Steelers players
- Denver Broncos (AFL) players
- American football defensive lineman, 1940s birth stubs
