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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|American football player (1936–2003)}}<br />
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| name = Ron Burton <br />
| number = 22<br />
| position = [[Running back]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|7|25|mf=y}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Springfield, Ohio]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|9|13|1936|7|25}}<br />
| death_place = [[Framingham, Massachusetts]], U.S.<br />
| height_ft = 5<br />
| height_in = 10<br />
| weight_lb = 190<br />
| high_school = [[Springfield High School (Springfield, Ohio)|Springfield (OH)]]<br />
| college = [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern]]<br />
| draftyear = 1960<br />
| draftround = 1<br />
| draftpick = 9<br />
| afldraftyear = 1960<br />
| afldraftround = 1<br />
| pastteams =<br />
* [[History of the New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]] ([[1960 American Football League season|1960]]–[[1965 American Football League season|1965]])<br />
| highlights =<br />
* Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1959 College Football All-America Team|1959]])<br />
* Third-team All-American ([[1958 College Football All-America Team|1958]])<br />
* 2× First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]] ([[1958 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1958]], [[1959 All-Big Ten Conference football team|1959]])<br />
| statleague = AFL<br />
| statlabel1 = Rushing yards<br />
| statvalue1 = 1,536<br />
| statlabel2 = Rushing average<br />
| statvalue2 = 3.6<br />
| statlabel3 = [[Reception (gridiron football)|Reception]]s<br />
| statvalue3 = 111<br />
| statlabel4 = Receiving yards<br />
| statvalue4 = 1,205<br />
| statlabel5 = Total [[touchdown]]s<br />
| statvalue5 = 19<br />
| pfr = B/BurtRo00<br />
| CollegeHOF = 1756 <br />
}}<br />
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'''Ronald E. Burton''' (July 25, 1936 – September 13, 2003) was an American professional [[American football|football]] player in the [[American Football League]] (AFL) for the [[History of the New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]. He was a consensus [[All-America college football team|All-American]] [[running back]] at [[Northwestern University]], and is a member of the Northwestern Hall of Fame and [[College Football Hall of Fame]].<br />
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==Playing career==<br />
===Northwestern Wildcats===<br />
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. Burton finished 10th in the 1959 [[Heisman Trophy]] balloting.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/awards/heisman-1959.html|title = 1959 Heisman Trophy Voting}}</ref><br />
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===Boston Patriots===<br />
Burton was the [[History of the New England Patriots|Boston Patriots]]' first-ever [[American Football League]] draft choice in [[1960 American Football League season|1960]]. He was the first Patriot to rush for over 100 yards: 127 against the [[Denver Broncos]] on October 23, [[1960 American Football League season|1960]], as well as numerous other firsts for the Patriots.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=11377 |title=The New England Patriots |access-date=November 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141103211233/http://archive.patriots.com/team/index.cfm?ac=playerbio&bio=11377 |archive-date=November 3, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His 91-yard touchdown return on a missed field goal in [[1962 American Football League season|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 American Football League season|1960]] through [[1965 American Football League season|1965]].<br />
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Statistics: <br />
Ron Burton Sr.<br />
New England (Boston) Patriots 1960–1965<br />
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All-Time Leader in Punt Returns(Based on return yardage)Years: 1960-’65 NO: 56 FC: 0 YDS: 389AVG: 6.9 LG 62 TD: 0<br />
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Year-by-Year Leader in Punt ReturnsYear: 1965 NO: 15 YDS: 61 AVG: 4.1 LG 12 TD: 0<br />
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Year-by-Year Leader in RushingYear: 1962 ATT: 134 YDS: 548 AVG: 4.0 LG: 59 TD: 2<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
His sons are Ron Burton Jr., a director of community relations for the Red Sox, Paul Burton, a reporter for WBZ-TV, and [[Steve Burton (sports journalist)|Steve Burton]] who is the Sports Director for [[WBZ-TV]] in Boston and a frequent guest on [[WEEI-FM]] sports radio. He also has another son Phil Burton. His granddaughter, [[Veronica Burton|Veronica]], played basketball for the [[Dallas Wings]] of the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] (WNBA) and currently plays for the [[Golden State Valkyries]]. Ron III also started a camp called the Ron Burton Training Village, where boys and girls grow spiritually, academically, emotionally, and socially. Another daughter, Kayla, currently works for NBC Sports Boston.<br />
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In 2003, Burton died from [[multiple myeloma]]. At the time of his death, he was living in [[Framingham, Massachusetts|Framingham]], [[Middlesex County, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=ronald-e-burton&pid=1401969|title = Ronald e. Burton Obituary (2003) Boston Globe|website = [[Legacy.com]]}}</ref><ref>[http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi?lastname=Burton&firstname=Ronald&start=21 Social Security Death Index Search Results<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>"United States [[Social Security Death Index]]," database, [[FamilySearch]] (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP23-14Z : May 20, 2014), Ronald E Burton, September 13, 2003; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of American Football League players]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* https://www.ronburtontrainingvillage.org/about/ron-burton-sr<br />
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[[Category:1936 births]]<br />
[[Category:2003 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:American football running backs]]<br />
[[Category:Boston Patriots players]]<br />
[[Category:Northwestern Wildcats football players]]<br />
[[Category:All-American college football players]]<br />
[[Category:College Football Hall of Fame inductees]]<br />
[[Category:College football announcers]]<br />
[[Category:Players of American football from Springfield, Ohio]]<br />
[[Category:Sportspeople from Framingham, Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Players of American football from Middlesex County, Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Massachusetts]]<br />
[[Category:Deaths from multiple myeloma in the United States]]</div>~2025-31954-11