Kurt Burris
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| Kurt Burris | |
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| Date of birth: | June 27, 1932 |
| Place of birth: | Nowata, Oklahoma |
| Date of death: | September 21, 1999 |
| Place of death: | Billings, Montana |
| Career information | |
| Position(s): | Center |
| College: | Oklahoma |
| NFL Draft: | 1955 / Round: 1 / Pick 13 (By the Cleveland Browns) |
| Organizations | |
| As player: | |
| 1955-1958 1958 1960 |
Edmonton Eskimos Saskatchewan Roughriders Calgary Stampeders |
| College Football Hall of Fame | |
Kurt Burris (born June 27, 1932 in Nowata, Oklahoma, died September 21, 1999 in Billings, Montana) is a former American football center. He played college football at Oklahoma, where he was an All-American and finished second in the 1954 Heisman Trophy balloting. In 2000 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Burris was selected in the 1955 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, but he went to the Canadian Football League, where he played for five seasons.
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