Leonard Burton
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Position: | Center | ||||||
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Born: | Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. | June 18, 1964||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||
Weight: | 275 lb (125 kg) | ||||||
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High school: | Memphis (TN) Oakhaven | ||||||
College: | Northwest Mississippi CC South Carolina | ||||||
NFL draft: | 1986 / round: 3 / pick: 77 | ||||||
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Leonard Bernard Burton (born June 18, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a center for five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Buffalo Bills and Detroit Lions. He was selected by the Bills in the third round of the 1986 NFL draft.[1] He first enrolled at Northwest Mississippi Community College before transferring to University of South Carolina. Burton attended Oakhaven High School in Memphis, Tennessee.[2] He was also a member of the Cleveland Browns.
References
[edit]- ^ "1986 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 2, 2023.
- ^ "LEN BURTON". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
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- Players of American football from Memphis, Tennessee
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