Ron Burton
Ronald Eugene Burton
Born: July 25, 1936
Springfield, OH USA
Deceased: September 13, 2003
Boston, MA
Position: HB
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 190
College: Northwestern
High School: Springfield (OH)
Career: 1960-1965
Drafted: 1960 in Round 1, #9 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Ron Burton played from 1960 to 1965 during his career with the Boston Patriots. Burton ran for 1,536 yards in his career on 429 attempts, scoring 9 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 111 passes for 1,205 yards and 8 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 66 | 280 | 4.2 | 77 | 1 |
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 82 | 260 | 3.2 | 43 | 2 |
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 134 | 548 | 4.1 | 59 | 2 |
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 102 | 340 | 3.3 | 33 | 3 |
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 45 | 108 | 2.4 | 22 | 1 |
Totals | 429 | 1536 | 3.6 | 77 | 9 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 21 | 196 | 9.3 | 35 | 0 |
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 13 | 115 | 8.8 | 45 | 0 |
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 40 | 461 | 11.5 | 69 | 4 |
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 27 | 306 | 11.3 | 59 | 2 |
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 10 | 127 | 12.7 | 73 | 2 |
Totals | 111 | 1205 | 10.9 | 73 | 8 |
Punt Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 62 | 0 |
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 21 | 122 | 5.8 | 22 | 0 |
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 11 | 78 | 7.1 | 19 | 0 |
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 15 | 61 | 4.1 | 12 | 0 |
Totals | 56 | 389 | 6.9 | 62 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 4 | 161 | 40.2 | 59 | 0 |
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 15 | 401 | 26.7 | 91 | 1 |
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 13 | 238 | 18.3 | 42 | 0 |
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 131 | 18.7 | 27 | 0 |
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 188 | 26.9 | 39 | 0 |
Totals | 46 | 1119 | 24.3 | 91 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1960 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
1961 | AFL Boston Patriots | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
1962 | AFL Boston Patriots | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||
1964 | AFL Boston Patriots | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
1965 | AFL Boston Patriots | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
Totals | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 114 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1960 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 13 | 0 |
1961 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |
1962 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |
1964 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |
1965 | AFL | Boston Patriots | 14 | 0 |