Doug Atkins

Jim Parker flattened opponents, paving way for Colts to win titles

2012-05-08 12:47:00

Lenny Moore can hardly attend an NFL function without some gnarly old linebacker wagging his finger at the 78-year-old Baltimore Colts Hall of Fame running back and telling Moore something he already knows. "Lenny," the old-timer will say, "I had a...

Colts great 'blocked out the sun' and rushers, too

2005-07-19 00:00:00

His crushing blocks launched Lenny Moore's runs and saved John Unitas' skin. Jim Parker, the Hall of Famer who anchored the Baltimore Colts' offensive line during the club's glory years, died yesterday of congestive heart failure and kidney disease at...

'Greatest' came from NFL's best

2008-12-14 00:00:00

On Dec.28, 1958, the NFL's best offense and defense, its finest quarterback, its best possession receiver and big-play threat, its most dominant defensive lineman and prototype offensive tackles, its best-rounded linebacker and its most promising...

The Chicago Bears wins the 1963 NFL Championship

2007-12-19 11:56:26

Grit, savvy and sheer brutality--those are classic Chicago traits, no matter the endeavor, and they brought the National Football League championship to Chicago on this date, when the Bears defeated the New York Giants 14-10. The Bears had not been a...

Toughest Colt lifted up a city

2002-09-12 00:00:00

It must have been a blind-side tackle that took John Unitas yesterday. The man who made Sudden Death part of the American language would have headed downfield in that determined crablike scuttle of his if he had seen the real thing coming. Anybody could...

Streak for the ages

2000-12-10 00:00:00

It was only a 3-yard pass, hardly worth watching on a highlights film. John Unitas, the Colts' rookie quarterback, flipped the ball to his tight end, who fell into the end zone. The play averted a Baltimore shutout. It also provided a glimpse of a...

For ex-Colt Mackey, Hall was worth the wait

1992-01-27 00:00:00

An autograph-seeker approached John Mackey, the 10th former Baltimore Colt to achieve the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He obliged, adding his jersey number, 88, and a team identity -- Colts. The youngster said he regretted the Colts had such a bad year....

Bears overcome cold, Giants

1963-12-29 00:00:00

Greatness came to the Chicago Bears yesterday in the frigidity of Wrigley Field where the team of destiny gave the New York Giants all the best of the breaks and a thoro whipping to win the championship of the National Football league. The score was 14 to...

Quarterbacks, linemen and ball carriers for 17 years feared a looming Doug Atkins . He played for the Bears from 1955 to 1969 and was a key figure in one of football's most potent defenses, especially the 1963 NFL title season, when the defense allowed a league-low average of 10 points per game.

2008-10-06 07:01:36

Olsen was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, in 1982. From left are inductees Doug Atkins, George Musso, Sam Huff and Olsen.

1982-08-06 00:00:00