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Don Norton

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Don Norton

No. 88

Position:

End

Personal information

Born:

March 13, 1938
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.^[1]

Died:

June 23, 1997 (aged 59)

Career information

High school:

Anamosa (IA)^[2]

College:

Iowa

NFL draft:

1960 / Round: 5 / Pick: 56

AFL draft:

1960 / Round: 1
Pick: First Selections
(by the Minneapolis AFL team)

Career history

Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1966)

Career highlights and awards

AFL champion (1963)
2× AFL All-Star (1961, 1962)
National champion (1958)
First-team All-American (1959)
First-team All-Big Ten (1959)

Career NFL statistics

Receptions:	228
Receiving yards:	3,486
Touchdowns:	27

Donald Farris Norton (March 3, 1938 – June 23, 1997) was an American Football League (AFL) end. He played college football at the University of Iowa and was drafted by the newly formed AFL in 1960, playing seven seasons for the Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers (1960–1966), making the AFL All-Star team in 1961 and 1962. After retiring, Norton began to experience health problems from steroid use, which was widespread in the teams he played on. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 59 and died in 1997 after undergoing open heart surgery.^[3]