Chris Burford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Chris Burford

American football player

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1938

Place of Birth: Oakland, California, United States

Profession: American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

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.