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JIM NORTON

Norton, James Charles
Height: 6-3 Weight: 187
Born: October 20, 1938 Glendale, CA
Died: June 13, 2007 Garland, TX
High School: Fullerton (CA)

Year	College	Status
1957	Idaho	Freshmen Team
1958	Idaho	Lettered
1959	Idaho	Lettered

Draft: First Selections 1960 Dallas Texans; 7th round (75th overall) 1960 Detroit Lions

NFL Playoff Statistics

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL	43	LCB	13	4
1961 Houston Oilers (AFL)1961 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	14
1962 Houston Oilers (AFL)1962 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	12
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	14
1964 Houston Oilers (AFL)1964 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	10
1965 Houston Oilers (AFL)1965 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	14
1966 Houston Oilers (AFL)1966 HOU AFL	43	LS-P	14	12
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	43	RS-P	14	14
1968 Houston Oilers (AFL)1968 HOU AFL	43	RS-P	14	5
9 Years (NFL)9 Years NFL			125	99

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	11/23/1959	1960 Dallas Texans (AFL)1960 DAL AFL
Draft	11/30/1959	1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL
Signed	7/1/1960	1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL
Released	8/29/1960	1960 Detroit Lions (NFL)1960 DET NFL
Negotiation Rights Traded		1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL
Signed		1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL
Free Agent	5/1/1969	1968 Houston Oilers (AFL)1968 HOU AFL

AWARDS
1962 United Press International All-AFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	1	0	0		0	0	-	0	0		-	0	6

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	1	15	15.0	15	0		0	0	0
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	1	-7	-7.0	-7	0	0	0	0
1968 Houston Oilers (AFL)1968 HOU AFL	1	20	20.0	20	0		1	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	3	28	9.3	20	0	0	1	0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL		1		5	5.0	5	0		0	0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1961 Houston Oilers (AFL)1961 HOU AFL	9	150	16.7	36	0
1962 Houston Oilers (AFL)1962 HOU AFL	8	75	9.4	36	0
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	6	86	14.3	37	0
1964 Houston Oilers (AFL)1964 HOU AFL	2	31	15.5	31	0
1965 Houston Oilers (AFL)1965 HOU AFL	7	52	7.4	18	0
1966 Houston Oilers (AFL)1966 HOU AFL	4	125	31.3	56	0
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	6	73	12.2	26	1
1968 Houston Oilers (AFL)1968 HOU AFL	2	0	0.0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	45	592	13.2	56	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
1961 Houston Oilers (AFL)1961 HOU AFL	48	1952	40.7	63	0
1962 Houston Oilers (AFL)1962 HOU AFL	55	2298	41.8	64	1					259
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	65	2792	43.0	68	0					484
1964 Houston Oilers (AFL)1964 HOU AFL	55	2267	41.2	79	2					295
1965 Houston Oilers (AFL)1965 HOU AFL	85	3731	43.9	65	1					494
1966 Houston Oilers (AFL)1966 HOU AFL	69	2908	42.1	65	0	3				269	2579	37.4
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	71	3025	42.6	58	1	6				383	2522	35.5
1968 Houston Oilers (AFL)1968 HOU AFL	73	3008	41.2	64	2	7				379	2489	34.1
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	521	21981	42.2	79	7	16				2563	7590	35.6

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	4		23	5.8	10	0	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	4		23	5.8	10	0	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1960 Houston Oilers (AFL)1960 HOU AFL	0	0		1			0
1961 Houston Oilers (AFL)1961 HOU AFL	0	0		1			0
1962 Houston Oilers (AFL)1962 HOU AFL	0	0		3			0
1963 Houston Oilers (AFL)1963 HOU AFL	0	0		1			0
1966 Houston Oilers (AFL)1966 HOU AFL	1			0			0
1967 Houston Oilers (AFL)1967 HOU AFL	1		1	2	3	0	0
Career Totals (NFL)Career Totals NFL	2	0	1	8	3	0	0

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