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Chris Burford
No. 88
Position:	Wide receiver
Career information
College:	Stanford
NFL draft:	1960 / round: 1 / pick: ; (By the Dallas Texans)
Career history
	AFL Dallas Texans (1960-1962); AFL Kansas City Chiefs (1963-1967);
Career highlights and awards
	AFL All-Star: 1961; All-AFL: 1962; AFL Champion, 1962, 1967; Chiefs Hall of Fame, 1975;
	Stats at Pro Football Reference
	College Football Hall of Fame

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Christopher William Burford, III (born January 31, 1938 in Oakland, California) is a former professional American football wide receiver. Burford was a master of sideline receptions for the Dallas Texans and the Kansas City Chiefs. What he lacked in great speed or physical presence, he made up for by running perfectly choreographed pass routes that outsmarted most American Football League defensive backs. An AFL All-Star in 1961, he followed that performance with 12 receptions for touchdowns in 1962. By the end of his career he was the Chiefs all-time reception leader (391) with 5,505 yards and 55 touchdowns.

Teaming with Hall of Famer Len Dawson, Burford was a clutch receiver when the game was on the line and the ball had to be moved forward for a needed first down or for field goal position. For most of his AFL career, Burford was in the top ten in receiving catches, yards, and touchdowns. Burford is a 1975 inductee of the Chiefs' Hall of Fame.

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Burford's 1962 Fleer football card

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