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Ron Burton

Ronald Eugene Burton

Position: HB
Height: 5-10    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: July 25, 1936 in Springfield, OH
College: Northwestern

Drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the 1st round (9th overall) of the 1960 Draft

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing Receiving
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
1960 24 BOS hb 13 0 66 280 1 77 4.2 21.5 5.1 21 196 9.3 0 35 1.6 15.1 476 1 2
1961 25 BOS HB 14 0 82 260 2 43 3.2 18.6 5.9 13 115 8.8 0 45 0.9 8.2 375 2 3
1962 26 BOS HB 14 0 134 548 2 59 4.1 39.1 9.6 40 461 11.5 4 69 2.9 32.9 1009 6 7
1963 27 BOS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 28 BOS HB 14 0 102 340 3 33 3.3 24.3 7.3 27 306 11.3 2 59 1.9 21.9 646 5 1
1965 29 BOS RET 14 0 45 108 1 22 2.4 7.7 3.2 10 127 12.7 2 73 0.7 9.1 235 3 6
Career 69 0 429 1536 9 77 3.6 22.3 6.2 111 1205 10.9 8 73 1.6 17.5 2741 17 19

Kick & Punt Returns

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Year Age Tm Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1960 24 BOS hb 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4 161 0 59 40.3 637
1961 25 BOS HB 14 0 8 128 0 62 16.0 15 401 1 91 26.7 904
1962 26 BOS HB 14 0 21 122 0 22 5.8 13 238 0 42 18.3 1369
1964 28 BOS HB 14 0 11 78 0 19 7.1 7 131 0 27 18.7 855
1965 29 BOS RET 14 0 15 61 0 12 4.1 7 188 0 39 26.9 484
Career 69 0 56 389 0 62 6.9 46 1119 1 91 24.3 4249

Passing

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1961 25 BOS HB 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Career 69 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0

Scoring Summary

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Year Age Tm Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1960 24 BOS hb 13 0 1 6
1961 25 BOS HB 14 0 2 1 18
1962 26 BOS HB 14 0 2 4 1 42
1964 28 BOS HB 14 0 3 2 30
1965 29 BOS RET 14 0 1 2 18
Career 69 0 9 8 1 1 114

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Rushing Att

1962 AFL 134 (7)

Rushing Yds

1962 AFL 548 (8)

Long Rush

1960 AFL 77 (3)
1962 AFL 59 (9)

Yds/Rushing Att

1962 AFL 4.1 (9)

Rushing Yds/Game

1962 AFL 39.1 (9)

Receptions

1962 AFL 40 (10)

Long Reception

1965 AFL 73 (6)

Non-Offensive TDs

1961 AFL 1 (9)
1962 AFL 1 (4)

Yds From Scrimmage

1962 AFL 1009 (8)

All-Purpose Yds

1962 AFL 1369 (6)

Touches

1962 AFL 208 (6)
1964 AFL 147 (10)

Yds/Touch

1960 AFL 6.9 (10)
1961 AFL 7.7 (8)
1962 AFL 6.6 (8)
1964 AFL 5.8 (7)

Kick Returns

1961 AFL 15 (9)

Kick Return Yds

1961 AFL 401 (7)

Kick Return TD

1961 AFL 1 (1-- 57)
Career 1 (106)

Long Kick Return

1960 AFL 59 (8)
1961 AFL 91 (2)

Yds/Kick Return

1961 AFL 26.7 (5)

Punt Returns

1961 AFL 8 (7)
1962 AFL 21 (1)
1964 AFL 11 (10)
1965 AFL 15 (6)

Punt Return Yds

1961 AFL 128 (6)
1962 AFL 122 (4)

Long Punt Return

1961 AFL 62 (2)
1962 AFL 22 (10)

Yds/Punt Return

1962 AFL 5.8 (6)
1965 AFL 4.1 (8)

Kick & Punt Returns

1961 AFL 23 (7)
1962 AFL 34 (3)
1965 AFL 22 (7)

Kick & Punt Return Yds

1961 AFL 529 (5)

Fumbles

1962 AFL 7 (6)
1965 AFL 6 (7)

Pro Bowls games are Year; All-Pro Teams are Year; Stats are Season Lg (if not NFL) Value (Rank--in top 100 all-time single-season)