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BILL BRITTON

Britton, William Leonard
Height: 5-11 Weight: 190
Born: December 15, 1934 Kirkland Lake, ON
Died: February 6, 2017 Calgary, AB
High School: Catholic Central (London, ON)

Year	College	Status
1954	Western Ontario	Lettered
1955	Western Ontario	Lettered
1956	Western Ontario	Lettered
1957	Western Ontario	Lettered

Draft: 1st round (3rd overall) 1958 British Columbia Lions

Roster Key • Stat Key

YEAR TEAM	NO	POS	GP	GS
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	85	LB	13
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	85	LB	16
1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU	18	LB	11
1961 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1961 BC CFL	30	LB	16
1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL	11	LB	16
1963 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1963 CAL CFL	11	FB	15
1964 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1964 CAL CFL	11	FB	16
7 Years (CFL)7 Years CFL			103

Transaction	Date	Team
Draft	1/19/1958	1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU
Signed		1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU
Traded		1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL
Released		1964 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1964 CAL CFL

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	X1%	X2	X2A	DX	FG	FGA	FG%	S	SAF	PTS
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	2	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	12
1963 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1963 CAL CFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
1964 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1964 CAL CFL	1	0	0		-	-	-	0	0		0	0	6
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	4	0	0					0	0		0	0	24

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	48	210	4.4	39	0			0
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	51	242	4.7	19	2		0	0
1963 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1963 CAL CFL	2	20	10.0	14	0		0	0
1964 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1964 CAL CFL	4	33	8.3	18	1		0	0

RECEIVING	TAR	REC	PCT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	20+	40+	FUM
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU		3		19	6.3	14	0		0	0
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU		12		108	9.0	28	0			0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL		15		127	8.5	28	0		0	0

INTERCEPTIONS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	1	13	13.0	13	0
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	1				0
1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU	1	8	8.0	8	0
1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL	1	0	0.0	0	0
1963 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1963 CAL CFL	1	4	4.0	4	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	5	25	5.0	13	0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	6	-	32	5.3	20	0		0
1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU	5	-	14	2.8	10	0	0	0
1961 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1961 BC CFL	35	-	147	4.2	10	0	0	0
1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL	3	-	6	2.0	2	0	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	49		199	4.1	20	0	0	0	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	20+	40+	FUM
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	5	-	100	20.0	25	0		0
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU	2	-	27	13.5	20	0	1	0
1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL	1	-	16	16.0	16	0	0	0	0
1964 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1964 CAL CFL	1	-	8	8.0	8	0	0	0
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	9		151	16.8	25	0	1	0	0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
1958 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1958 BC WIFU	1		1	1	2	0	0
1959 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1959 BC WIFU				1	1	0	0
1960 British Columbia Lions (WIFU)1960 BC WIFU	2		0	2	2	0	0
1961 British Columbia Lions (CFL)1961 BC CFL	4		1	1	2	3	0
1962 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1962 CAL CFL	0	0		1	1	5	0
1963 Calgary Stampeders (CFL)1963 CAL CFL				3	3	56	1
Career Totals (CFL)Career Totals CFL	7	0	2	9	11	64	1

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