Don Norton

American football player
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Quick Facts

IntroAmerican football player
PlacesUnited States of America
wasAmerican football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth13 March 1938
Death23 June 1997 (aged 59 years)
The details

Biography

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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