Bill Britton
William Leonard Britton
Born: December 15, 1934
Kirkland Lake, ON
Deceased: February 6, 2017
Calgary, AB
Position: FB/LB,FB,LB
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 200
College: Western Ontario
High School: Catholic Central (London, ON)
Career: 1958-1964
Bill Britton played from 1958 to 1964 during his career with the BC Lions and Calgary Stampeders. Britton ran for 505 yards in his career on 105 attempts, scoring 3 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 15 passes for 127 yards.
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Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 48 | 210 | 4.4 | 39 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 51 | 242 | 4.7 | 19 | 2 |
| 1963 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Totals | 105 | 505 | 4.8 | 39 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 14 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 12 | 108 | 9.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 127 | 8.5 | 28 | 0 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 6 | 32 | 5.3 | 20 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL BC Lions | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 10 | 0 |
| 1961 | CFL BC Lions | 35 | 147 | 4.2 | 10 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 49 | 199 | 4.1 | 20 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 5 | 100 | 20.0 | 25 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 20 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| 1964 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 151 | 16.8 | 25 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| 1962 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 13 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1960 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1961 | CFL BC Lions | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1962 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1963 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 3 | 56 | 1 | ||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 64 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1959 | CFL BC Lions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| 1963 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1964 | CFL Calgary Stampeders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Totals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | CFL | BC Lions | 13 | |
| 1959 | CFL | BC Lions | 16 | |
| 1960 | CFL | BC Lions | 11 | |
| 1961 | CFL | BC Lions | 16 | |
| 1962 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 | |
| 1963 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 15 | |
| 1964 | CFL | Calgary Stampeders | 16 |
