ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) - Chief Noc-A-Homa got his start as the Braves mascot in 1969. He became famous for doing a dance on the pitcher’s mound before games.
And he was there to witness Hank Aaron’s record-breaking 715th homerun. It was a 16-year run as a mascot which ended in 1985.
“He misses it, he misses it. I’ll tell you that. He misses it. It doesn’t matter how old he gets he misses it,” Chief Noc-A-Homa’s daughter Gwyn Newman said.
The Chief’s daughter remembers it like it was yesterday. But today, her father, Levi Walker Jr.