Walter Jackson Burkett was an American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts, New Orleans Saints, and Dallas Cowboys.
14 Facts About Jackie Burkett
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Jackie Burkett began playing sports at Andalusia High School, where he was a three-sport athlete.
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Jackie Burkett accepted a scholarship from Auburn University, where he was a two-way player, playing center and linebacker, while calling the defensive signals.
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Jackie Burkett was named a starter as a sophomore and was a part of a team that won the SEC and the National championship.
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Jackie Burkett practiced baseball and basketball.
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Jackie Burkett was named to the Auburn All-Century football team and Walk of Fame.
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Jackie Burkett was selected by the Baltimore Colts in the first round of the 1959 NFL draft with a future draft pick, which allowed the team to draft him before his college eligibility was over.
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Jackie Burkett was selected by the New York Titans in the 1960 AFL draft.
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Jackie Burkett was mostly a backup during his time with the Colts.
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Jackie Burkett became one of the original members of the New Orleans Saints, after being selected in the 1967 NFL Expansion Draft and playing in 14 regular season games as a backup outside linebacker.
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Jackie Burkett co-owned a restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans for five years.
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Jackie Burkett worked as a sales manager for a pipe business and as the marketing vice president with the engineering firm Post, Buckley, Schuh and Jernigan, that designed bridges and roads.
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Jackie Burkett was the county commissioner in Fort Walton Beach from 2000 to 2008.
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Jackie Burkett died of leukemia on September 1,2017, aged 80.