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|position=[[End (American football)|End]]
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|birth_date={{birth date|1938|3|13}}
|death_date={{death date and age|1997|06|23|1938|03|3}} 
|debutyear=1960
|finalyear=1966
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|draftpick=56<br>(By the [[Philadelphia Eagles]])
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* [[American Football League|AFL]] [[History of the San Diego Chargers|Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers]] (1960-1966)
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* 2&times; [[American Football League All-Star games|AFL All-Star]] (1961, 1962)
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'''Donald Farris Norton''' (March 3, 1938 – June 23, 1997) is a former [[American football]] [[End (American football)|end]] in the [[American Football League]]. He played [[college football]] at the [[Iowa Hawkeyes football|University of Iowa]] and was drafted by the newly formed AFL in 1960, playing seven seasons for the [[History of the San Diego Chargers|Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers]] (1960&ndash;1966), making the [[American Football League All-Star games|AFL All-Star team]] in 1961 and 1962. After retiring, Norton began to experience health problems from steroid use, which was widespread in the teams he played on. He suffered a heart attack at the age of 59 and died in 1997 after undergoing open heart surgery.<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=3866837</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of American Football League players|Other American Football League players]]

==References==
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| NAME              = Norton, Don
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American football player
| DATE OF BIRTH     = March 13, 1938
| PLACE OF BIRTH    = [[Iowa City, Iowa]]
| DATE OF DEATH     = June 23, 1997
| PLACE OF DEATH    =
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[[Category:1938 births]]
[[Category:1997 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Iowa City, Iowa]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Iowa]]
[[Category:American football wide receivers]]
[[Category:Iowa Hawkeyes football players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Chargers (AFL) players]]
[[Category:San Diego Chargers (AFL) players]]
[[Category:American Football League All-Star players]]
[[Category:American Football League Champions]]


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