Don Norton
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| Born: | March 13, 1938 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.[1] | ||||||
| Died: | June 23, 1997 (aged 59) | ||||||
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| 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) | ||||||
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Donald Farris Norton (March 3, 1938 – June 23, 1997) was an
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]
See also
References
- ^ "PLAYERS Don Norton". NFL. Retrieved 2011-09-23.
- ^ Iowa High School Sports News by Sports Spotlight - High School - Off the Bench: All-Time Native Iowans in the NFL Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ^ "OTL: Football's first steroids team? The '63 Chargers". 28 January 2009.
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