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Burr Baldwin

American football player (1922–2007)

Field	Value
name	Burr Baldwin
image	Burr Baldwin 1946 (cropped).jpg
caption	Baldwin, 1946
number	52
position	End
birth_date
birth_place	Bakersfield, California, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Bakersfield, California, U.S.
height_ft	6
height_in	1
weight_lb	197
high_school	Bakersfield (CA)
college	UCLA
draftyear	1947
draftround	3
draftpick	20
statleague	AAFC
statlabel1	Receptions
statvalue1	24
statlabel2	Receiving yards
statvalue2	397
statlabel3	Touchdowns
statvalue3	1
pfr	BaldBu20

Los Angeles Dons (1947-1949)
Unanimous All-American (1946)
First-team All-PCC (1946)
UCLA Bruins No. 38 retired

Burr Browning Baldwin (June 13, 1922 – August 20, 2007) was an American professional football player. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins, and became the school's first player to receive All-American honors. Baldwin played pro football for three years with the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Biography

Baldwin attended Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, California. He attended college at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he played for the Bruins as an end from 1940 to 1942. In 1943, he put his education and playing career on hiatus to enter the U.S. Army during World War II. He served from May 1943 to July 1946 and became an infantry captain in three campaigns in the European theater of operations.

After the war, he returned to UCLA,

After college, Baldwin played professional football with the Los Angeles Dons from 1947 to 1949. He returned to military service during the Korean War from 1951 to 1953. He died at his home in Bakersfield on August 20, 2007, of complications due to cancer. The Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame inducted Baldwin in February 1969.

References

[https://www.newspapers.com/image/210409/ "Burr Baldwin Regarded as Finest End U.C.L.A. Coach Ever Possessed"], volume 59, number 67, ''[[The Bakersfield Californian]]'', October 16, 1946, page 13.
"Burr Baldwin". Pro-Football-Reference.
(August 23, 2007). "Obituaries - Burr Baldwin, 85; first UCLA football star to be consensus All-American". Los Angeles Times.
[http://kcsportshalloffame.org/inductees/burr-baldwin/ Burr Baldwin], Bob Elias Kern County Sports Hall of Fame, retrieved June 11, 2011.

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