Ron Burton
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Position: | Running back |
Personal information | |
Born: | Springfield, Ohio | July 25, 1936
Died: | September 13, 2003 Framingham, Massachusetts | (aged 67)
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) |
Career information | |
College: | Northwestern |
NFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 |
AFL draft: | 1960 / Round: 1 Pick: First Selections (by the Boston Patriots) |
Career history | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Player stats at PFR | |
Ronald E. Burton (July 25, 1936 – September 13, 2003) was an American football player in the American Football League (AFL) for the Boston Patriots. He was a consensus All-American running back at Northwestern University, and is a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame and College Football Hall of Fame.
Playing career
Northwestern Wildcats
Burton was a star on Ara Parseghian's late 1950s Northwestern Wildcats football teams. Named all-Big Ten in 1958 and 1959, and All-America in 1959, Burton left Northwestern having broken school records for most points in a career (130), most points in a season (76), most touchdowns in a career (21). Burton led Northwestern in all-purpose yards in 1957, 1958, and 1959.
Boston Patriots
Burton was the Boston Patriots' first-ever American Football League draft choice in 1960. He was the first Patriot to rush for over 100 yards: 127 against the Denver Broncos on October 23, 1960, as well as numerous other firsts for the Patriots.[1] His 91-yard touchdown return on a missed field goal in 1962 remains a Patriot record. He compiled 1,009 combined yards in rushing and receiving in 1962, and provided strong depth at running back for the Patriots from 1960 through 1965.
Death
In 2003, Burton died from multiple myeloma. At the time of his death, he was living in Framingham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts.[2][3][4] His sons are Ron Burton Jr., a director of community relations for the Red Sox, and Steve Burton who is a sports reporter for WBZ-TV in Boston and a frequent guest on WEEI-FM sports radio.
See also
References
- ^ http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=11377
- ^ http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-e-burton&pid=1401969
- ^ Social Security Death Index Search Results
- ^ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP23-14Z : 20 May 2014), Ronald E Burton, 13 Sep 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
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- 1936 births
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- American football running backs
- Boston Patriots players
- Northwestern Wildcats football players
- All-American college football players
- College Football Hall of Fame inductees
- College football announcers
- Sportspeople from Springfield, Ohio
- Sportspeople from Framingham, Massachusetts
- Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts
- Deaths from bone cancer
- Deaths from multiple myeloma
- American Football League players
- Players of American football from Ohio