Ed Burton

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Ed Burton

| image =

| caption =

| position =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 6

| weight_lb = 225

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|8|13}}

| birth_place = Blytheville, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|5|28|1939|8|13}}

| death_place =

| high_school = Muskegon Heights
(Muskegon Heights, Michigan)

| college =

| draft_year = 1961

| career_start = 1959

| career_end = 1965

| career_position = Forward

| career_number = 14, 34

| years1 = 1959–1962

| team1 = Allentown Jets

| years2 = {{nbay|1961|start}}

| team2 = New York Knicks

| years3 = {{nbay|1964|end}}

| team3 = St. Louis Hawks

| highlights =

• EPBL champion (1962)
• All-EPBL First Team (1962)

}}

Edward Burton (August 13, 1939 – May 28, 2012) was an American basketball player.[http://obits.mlive.com/obituaries/muskegon/obituary.aspx?n=edward-burton&pid=157868044#fbLoggedOut Muskegon Chronicle retrieved 27th Aug 2012]

Burton attended Michigan State University as a freshman but dropped out in January 1958.{{cite news |last1=Hagan |first1=Jerry |title=Sportitorial |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-sportitorial-115/165589150/ |access-date=February 15, 2025 |work=The Kalamazoo Gazette |date=January 15, 1958 |page=25 |via=Newspapers.com}} He played for the Allentown Jets of the Eastern Professional Basketball League (EPBL) from 1959 to 1962.{{cite web |title=Ed Burton minor league basketball statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/p-burtoed001 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=February 15, 2025}} He won an EPBL championship with the Jets in 1962.{{cite web |title=1961-62 Allentown Jets Statistics |url=https://www.statscrew.com/minorbasketball/stats/t-CBAALJ/y-1961 |website=Stats Crew |access-date=March 5, 2025}} Burton was selected to the All-EPBL First Team in 1962.

He played for the New York Knicks (1961–62) and St. Louis Hawks (1964–65) in the NBA for 15 games.

Burton's brother, M. C., also played basketball.