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Ron Burton attempted 429 rushes for the Boston Patriots in his career.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Ron Burton
R. Burton
429
69
1,536
3.6
22.3
9
1,205
111
10.9
17.5
8
2Dick Christy
D. Christy
78
13
363
4.7
27.9
3
268
26
10.3
20.6
2
3Jim Crawford
J. Crawford
302
54
1,078
3.6
20.0
5
501
52
9.6
9.3
2
4Jake Crouthamel
J. Crouthamel
4
2
16
4.0
8.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Bill Larson
B. Larson
0
1
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Walt Livingston
W. Livingston
10
3
16
1.6
5.3
1
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
7Alan Miller
A. Miller
101
14
416
4.1
29.7
2
284
29
9.8
20.3
2
8Gerhard Schwedes
G. Schwedes
0
2
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
9Billy Wells
B. Wells
14
12
59
4.2
4.9
0
206
14
14.7
17.2
1
10Larry Garron
L. Garron
751
95
2,954
3.9
31.1
14
2,494
184
13.6
26.3
26
11Billy Lott
B. Lott
143
35
573
4.0
16.4
7
395
36
11.0
11.3
7
12Mel West
M. West
26
4
90
3.5
22.5
0
42
5
8.4
10.5
0
13Tom Yewcic
T. Yewcic
11
14
51
4.6
3.6
1
56
6
9.3
4.0
0
14Claude King
C. King
21
14
144
6.9
10.3
1
42
5
8.4
3.0
0
15Tom Stephens
T. Stephens
0
3
0
0.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Harry Crump
H. Crump
49
14
120
2.4
8.6
5
46
6
7.7
3.3
0
17Tom Neumann
T. Neumann
44
10
148
3.4
14.8
0
48
10
4.8
4.8
1
18J.D. Garrett
J.D. Garrett
111
40
427
3.8
10.7
3
157
16
9.8
3.9
2
19Joe Bellino
J. Bellino
24
10
49
2.0
4.9
0
74
5
14.8
7.4
0
20Ellis Johnson
E. Johnson
19
28
29
1.5
1.0
0
29
4
7.3
1.0
0
21Jim Nance
J. Nance
1,323
94
5,323
4.0
56.6
45
844
129
6.5
9.0
1
22Bob Cappadona
B. Cappadona
50
27
188
3.8
7.0
1
104
6
17.3
3.9
1
23Bobby Leo
B. Leo
1
3
7
7.0
2.3
0
25
1
25.0
8.3
1
24R.C. Gamble
R.C. Gamble
94
27
346
3.7
12.8
1
129
18
7.2
4.8
1
25Preston Johnson
P. Johnson
2
3
6
3.0
2.0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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