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Jan 31, 1938 Oakland, California, United States 86 years old
American football player
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About Chris Burford
- Christopher William Burford III (born January 31, 1938) is a former American football wide receiver. Burford was a football captain at Stanford, leading the NCAA in receptions with 61 in 1959.
- The following year, he was a first round draft pick of the Dallas Texans.
- in the American Football League (AFL) He led the Texans/Chiefs in pass receptions in four seasons (1961–1963, 1965).
- An AFL All-Star in 1961, he followed that performance with a team-record 12 receptions for touchdowns in 1962.
- By the end of his career, he was the Chiefs all-time reception leader (391) with 5,505 yards and 55 touchdowns. For most of his AFL career, Burford was in the top ten in receiving catches, yards, and touchdowns.
- Burford is a 1975 inductee of the Chiefs' Hall of Fame.
- In 2010, he was inducted into the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame.
- Burford, who is white, was nominated by former black teammate Abner Haynes.
