Leon Burns
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| Position: | Running back | ||||||||
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| Born: | September 15, 1942 Oakland, California | ||||||||
| Died: | December 22, 1984 (aged 42) Los Angeles, California | ||||||||
| Height: | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||
| Weight: | 228 lb (103 kg) | ||||||||
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| College: | Long Beach State | ||||||||
| NFL draft: | 1971 / round: 1 / pick: 13 | ||||||||
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Leon Keith Burns (September 15, 1942 – December 22, 1984) was an American football running back who played for two years in the National Football League. He played for the San Diego Chargers in 1971 and for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1972. He was drafted by the Chargers in the first round (13th overall) of the 1971 NFL Draft. He played college football at Long Beach State. He was elected to the 1970 College Football All-America Team by Pro Football Weekly and Newspaper Enterprise Association. Burns was shot to death on December 22, 1984 in an unsolved murder. In 1987, he was inducted to the Long Beach State Hall of Fame.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Leon Burns". Long Beach State Athletics. Retrieved 2010-01-15.
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Categories:
- 1942 births
- 1984 deaths
- Sportspeople from Oakland, California
- American football running backs
- Long Beach State 49ers football players
- San Diego Chargers players
- St. Louis Cardinals (football) players
- American murder victims
- Murdered players of American football
- People murdered in California
- Unsolved murders in the United States
- Deaths by firearm in California
- 1984 murders in the United States