Ike Atkinson Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family
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Ike Atkinson was a former American football player and coach. He played college football at North Carolina Central University and professionally in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head football coach at North Carolina Central from 1951 to 1953 and at Morgan State University from 1954 to 1956, compiling a career college football coaching record of 24–20–2. Atkinson was born on November 19, 1925 in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He attended North Carolina Central University, where he played college football as a halfback. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Rams in the 19th round of the 1948 NFL Draft. He played professionally in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1948 and the Chicago Rockets in 1949. He also played in the NFL for the New York Yanks in 1950 and the Dallas Texans in 1952. Atkinson began his coaching career at North Carolina Central in 1951, where he served as the head football coach for three seasons, from 1951 to 1953, compiling a record of 11–13–2. He then moved to Morgan State University, where he served as the head football coach for three seasons, from 1954 to 1956, compiling a record of 13–7. Atkinson died on April 28, 2015, at the age of 89.
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| Occupation | Former drug smuggler |
| Age | 89 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Born | 19 November, 1925 |
| Birthday | 19 November |
| Birthplace | Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Date of death | (2014-11-11) Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died Place | Goldsboro, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Nationality | North Carolina |
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Ike Atkinson Height, Weight & Measurements
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Ike Atkinson Net Worth
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| Net Worth in 2023 | $1 Million - $5 Million |
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| Net Worth in 2022 | Pending |
| Salary in 2022 | Under Review |
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| Source of Income | Former |
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Timeline
Atkinson was charged in 1987, while in prison, for his part in another heroin smuggling operation which he was allegedly running from prison. He was charged following a 15-month investigation where an undercover agent, posing as a corrupt German diplomat bought five pounds of heroin on Atkinson's behalf in Thailand. Six other inmates and a correctional officer were also charged. The correctional officer, Samuel Arrante, 36, was charged because he was smuggling the letters out of prison to prevent the authorities from reading the letters. Also charged was Atkinson's nephew, Philip Wade Atkinson, 40, who bought the heroin from the undercover German diplomat at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, where he was arrested. Atkinson was released from prison in 2007, and died in November 2014 at the age of 88.
Atkinson's downfall came in 1975. A shipment of heroin was due to arrive at two addresses in Fayetteville, North Carolina, each belonging to elderly black women. An Army serviceman would come to pick up the shipments, saying it had been accidentally mailed to the wrong address. The plan had worked before, but this time one woman contacted the postal authorities; the other, fearing she had been sent a bomb, contacted the police. The police found Atkinson's palm prints on one of the heroin bags, and he was arrested on January 19, 1975, in his home in Goldsboro. He was convicted the following year and was sentenced to 31 years in prison. Atkinson was released in 2007.
According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Atkinson was the main supplier of heroin to Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas after the two met in Bangkok around 1974. Atkinson took issue with the most famous aspect of Lucas' operation, the so-called "Cadaver Connection" in which heroin was smuggled in the coffins of dead American soldiers coming back from Vietnam, instead claiming he smuggled the drugs inside furniture.
Leslie "Ike" Atkinson (November 19, 1925 - November 11, 2014) was a US Army master sergeant and convicted drug trafficker. He is believed to have been a major figure in smuggling heroin into the United States from Southeast Asia from about 1968 to 1975.
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