Background
BURFORD, CHRIS was born on January 31, 1938 in Oakland, California, United States.
BURFORD, CHRIS was born on January 31, 1938 in Oakland, California, United States.
Stanford University (А.В., 1960). Southern Methodist University and University of Missouri (Juris Doctor, 1965). Phi Alpha Delta. Assistant County Counselor, Jackson County, Missouri, 1967.
Burford was a football captain at Stanford, leading the National Collegiate Athletic Association in receptions with 61 in 1959. The following year, he was a first round draft pick of the Dallas Texans. in the American Football League (American Federation of Labor-Congress) He led the Texans/Chiefs in pass receptions in four seasons (1961–1963, 1965). An American Federation of Labor-Congress All-Star in 1961, he followed that performance with a team-record 12 receptions for touchdowns in 1962.
By the end of his career he was the Chiefs all-time reception leader (391) with 5,505 yards and 55 touchdowns.
Foreign most of his American Federation of Labor-Congress career, Burford was in the top ten in receiving catches, yards, and touchdowns. Burford is a 1975 inductee of the Chiefs" Hall of Fame.
In 2010 he was inducted into the African-American Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame. Burford, who is white, was nominated by former black teammate Abner Haynes.
Contra Costa County and American Bar Associations. The State Bar of California. The Missouri Bar; California Trial Lawyers Association.
Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association.