Don Norton
Donald Farris Norton
Born: March 13, 1938
Iowa City, IA USA
Deceased: June 23, 1997
Cedar Rapids, IA
Position: E
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 190
College: Iowa
High School: Anamosa (IA)
Career: 1960-1966
Drafted: 1960 in Round 5, #56 overall by the Philadelphia Eagles
Don Norton played from 1960 to 1966 during his career with the Los Angeles Chargers and San Diego Chargers. Norton caught 228 passes for 3,486 yards and 27 receiving touchdowns in his career. He also ran for -3 yards in his career on 2 attempts.
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 118.8 |
| Totals | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Totals | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 25 | 414 | 16.6 | 69 | 5 |
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 47 | 816 | 17.4 | 52 | 6 |
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 48 | 771 | 16.1 | 47 | 7 |
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 21 | 281 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 49 | 669 | 13.7 | 58 | 6 |
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 34 | 485 | 14.3 | 61 | 2 |
| 1966 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Totals | 228 | 3486 | 15.3 | 69 | 27 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 8 | 153 | 19.1 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 153 | 17.0 | 0 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1960 | AFL Los Angeles Chargers | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1961 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| 1962 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||||||||
| 1963 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1964 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| 1965 | AFL San Diego Chargers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Totals | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | AFL | Los Angeles Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1961 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1962 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1963 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 7 | 0 |
| 1964 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
| 1966 | AFL | San Diego Chargers | 14 | 0 |
