Background
Atkin was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire.
Atkin was born in Skegness, Lincolnshire.
He played as a full back or wing half. He played football for his local club before joining Football League Second Division club Lincoln City. He made his first-team debut on the last day of the 1912-1913 Football League season, and played twice more before league football was interrupted by the First World War.
He scored only twice in the Football League, both goals coming in the first season after the resumption.
He finished his Football League career with Lincoln in 1924, and then returned to the Midland League with Boston Town. He died in 1952 at the age of 59.