Kurt Burris
American football player
1932 – 1999
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Who was Kurt Burris?
Kurt Burris was an American gridiron 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.
Burris had five brothers who also played football at Oklahoma, including three time All-American Paul "Buddy" Burris. Burris died on July 21, 1999 in Billings, Montana. He was 67.
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- Born
- Jun 27, 1932
Nowata - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Billings
- Nowata
- Died
- Sep 21, 1999
Billings
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on July 23, 2013
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