Danny Burmeister

{{Short description|American football player (born 1963)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

{{BLP sources |date= January 2016}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Danny Burmeister

| number = 22

| position = Safety

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|13}}

|birth_place = Fayetteville, North Carolina, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 201

| high_school = Oakton

| college = North Carolina

| undraftedyear = 1987

| pastteams =

• Washington Redskins ({{NFL Year|1987}})
• Pittsburgh Gladiators ({{AFL Year|1988}})
• Washington Commandos ({{AFL Year|1990}})

| highlights =

• Super Bowl champion (XXII)

| pfr = BurmDa20

}}

Daniel Joseph Burmeister (born September 13, 1963) is an American former professional football safety in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins. He played college football at the University of North Carolina. In 1982, he was named a Parade High School Football All-American while playing for Oakton High School in Fairfax County, Virginia.

{{cite news | title = 1982 Roster of Parade All-Stars | url = https://parade.com/27111/parade/1982-roster/ | accessdate = January 7, 2019 | work = Parade

| publisher = Athlon Media Group | date = December 26, 2006}} {{cite news | last1 = Patton | first1 = Scott | title = First Down and Nowhere to Go | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1987/10/26/first-down-and-nowhere-to-go/c04069e9-1237-4b6d-b7cd-eee890fd9d01/ | accessdate = January 7, 2019 | work = The Washington Post | date = October 26, 1987 | quote = At Oakton High School he was named an All-American.}}