Place of birth: Iowa City, Iowa Role American football player High school: Anamosa, Iowa Education University of Iowa | College: Iowa Positions End Name Don Norton | |
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Date of birth: (1938-03-13)March 13, 1938 Date of death: June 23, 1997(1997-06-23) (aged 59) NFL draft: 1960 / Round: 5 / Pick: 56
(By the Philadelphia Eagles) Died June 23, 1997, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States | ||
Donald Farris Norton (March 3, 1938 – June 23, 1997) is a former American football end in the American Football League. 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.
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