Harold Henry "Hank" Burnine (November 9, 1932 – January 21, 2020) was an
American football
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end who played two seasons in the
National Football League
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with the
New York Giants
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and
Philadelphia Eagles
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. He was drafted by the
New York Giants
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in the twelfth round of the
1955 NFL Draft
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This was the ninth year that the List of first overall National Football League Dra ...
. He played
college football
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Unlike most ...
at the
University of Missouri
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and attended
Richmond High School in
Richmond, Missouri.
College career
Burnine played for the
Missouri Tigers from 1953 to 1955.
He led the
NCAA
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in receptions with 44 and in receiving yards with 594 his senior year in 1955 while also earning
All-American honors.
He recorded career totals of 75 receptions for 1,145 yards.
Burnine was team captain his senior season and also played in the
Blue–Gray Football Classic and
Senior Bowl. He won two
track
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letters for the Tigers as a
broad jumper.
He was inducted into the
University of Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame
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in 1993.
Professional career
New York Giants
Burnine was selected by the New York Giants with the 140th pick in the 1955 NFL Draft. He played in one game for the Giants during the
1956 season.
Philadelphia Eagles
Burnine played in fourteen games, starting seven, for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1956 to 1957.
Personal life
Burnine was also a
sergeant
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in the
United States Army
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. He started selling life insurance during the college football offseason.
He died on January 21, 2020, in
Higginsville, Missouri
Higginsville is a city in Lafayette County, Missouri, Lafayette County, Missouri, within the United States. The population was 4,797 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census.
History
Higginsville was founded in 1869 and named after Harvey Hi ...
at age 87.
See also
*
List of NCAA major college football yearly receiving leaders
The list of college football yearly receiving leaders identifies the major college receiving leaders for each season from 1937 to the present. It includes yearly leaders in three statistical categories: (1) receptions, (2) receiving yardage; (3) y ...
References
External links
Just Sports Stats
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1932 births
2020 deaths
Players of American football from Missouri
American football ends
Missouri Tigers football players
New York Giants players
Philadelphia Eagles players
American male long jumpers
College men's track and field athletes in the United States
United States Army soldiers
20th-century American businesspeople
American businesspeople in insurance
Insurance agents
Businesspeople from Missouri
People from Ray County, Missouri