16 Facts About Don Burroughs

Don Burroughs was born in Fillmore, California, as the only son of a family with four daughters.

Don Burroughs excelled in Ventura Country for Fillmore High School, being selected as an all-leaguer in football, basketball, and baseball.

Don Burroughs spurned scholarship offers from places such as Notre Dame to try to avoid being "lost in the shuffle" among a big university.

Don Burroughs was named All-Conference and All-American in his tenure there, where he played as a quarterback.

Don Burroughs was preparing to sign with the Los Angeles Rams in 1953 as a free agent, but he was drafted to serve in the Army.

Under the help of general manager Tex Schramm, Don Burroughs served in San Francisco, California, rather than in Korea, where he played football in the special services unit.

Don Burroughs was inducted into the Colorado State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1990 along with the Ventura Country Sports Hall of Fame in 2006.

Don Burroughs would collect nine total interceptions in the season, returning them for 103 yards.

Don Burroughs started ten games and recorded nine interceptions that season while recording one fumble recovery, which included two games with two interceptions.

Don Burroughs was named a Second Team All-Pro that season by three of the five selectors.

Don Burroughs recorded seven interceptions in both 1961 and 1962, and in the former year, he was second-team All Pro from the NEA, the Daily News, and the UPI.

Don Burroughs recorded his third and final game with three interceptions on December 3,1961, against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Don Burroughs recorded four interceptions in 1963 before closing out his career with two interceptions in 1964.

Don Burroughs finished in the top ten for interceptions in five different seasons, finishing second in 1955, fifth in 1958, third in 1960, fifth in 1961, and third in 1962.

At the time of the retirement of Don Burroughs, he was the seventh player to have recorded fifty interceptions in NFL history; in the prevailing half-century, he moved from tied for fifth best to 35th.

In 2006, Don Burroughs died of cancer at the age of 75.