finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue article_title finalteam draftround birth_date alt statseason pfr draftyear heightin death_place heightft image college debutteam name statlabel birth_place weight dbf position highschool currentnumber draftpick
1948 29 august 1995 1946 25 112 al akins
 brooklyn dodgers -lrb- aafc -rrb- 6 13 june 1921 a picture of akins in 1946 1948 akinal20 1944 1 reno , nevada 6 al akins , from browns championship program , 1946.png university of washington , washington state university cleveland browns al akins games rushing yards spokane , washington 199 akinsal01 halfback / defensive back john r. rogers high school 80 53
al akins

albert george akins -lrb- june 13 , 1921 -- august 29 , 1995 -rrb- was a professional american football halfback and defensive back who played three seasons for the cleveland browns , buffalo bills and brooklyn dodgers in the all-america football conference .
akins was a native of spokane , washington and attended washington state university and later the university of washington , where he played football and basketball .
he was a key member of a university of washington team that lost the rose bowl game in 1943 to the university of southern california .
akins played for the browns in 1946 , and subsequently joined buffalo and brooklyn .
he won an aafc championship with the browns , although he did not play in the championship game due to an injury .
after his playing career , akins became an assistant football coach at lewis & clark college in portland , oregon .
he went on to become head coach of southern oregon university for 15 years starting in 1955 .
his coaching record at southern oregon was 71 -- 62 -- 3 .
