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Whatever Happened To … Chief Noc-A-Homa (Levi Walker)

What he did: The better question may be what he didn’t do?

Chief Noc-A-Homa is easily the most famous and perhaps iconic sports mascot in Atlanta history, the concept coming with the team from Milwaukee in 1966.

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Levi Walker, who served as the Braves’ mascot Chief Noc-A-Homa from 1969 through 1985, and his wife, Teri Ficula, visit the ... read more

There were three men to play Noc-A-Homa in Atlanta though the most famous was a real character named Levi Walker, who took over the job in 1969 until the Chief was mothballed in 1986.