Muskegon Heights High School
A native of Muskegon, Michigan, Burton played three years for Muskegon Heights High School from 1953-1955. He set the school scoring records with 1,141 points and led the team to the state basketball championship in 1954. Burton scored 22 points in the championship game, a 43-41 victory over Flint Northern before a crowd of 11,835 at Jenison field house in East Lansing, Michigan. Burton’s 423 points in 1954 represented 35% of the team’s season total, and he was named to the All-Tournament High School Basketball Team selected by the Associated Press. The championship was the first for Muskegon coach Oscar (Okie) Johnson who had been the school’s coach for 27 years.
Burton was a straight “A” student who graduated second in his class from Muskegon Heights High School.
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