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Position: | Punter | ||||||||||
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Born: | Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | January 2, 1965||||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||
Weight: | 205 lb (93 kg) | ||||||||||
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High school: | Simla (Simla, Colorado) | ||||||||||
College: | Colorado | ||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1988 / round: 4 / pick: 102 | ||||||||||
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Barry Bret Helton (born January 2, 1965) is an American former professional football player who was a punter for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s. He played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes, twice earning consensus All-American honors. He was selected by the San Francisco 49ers in fourth round of the 1988 NFL draft. He played in the NFL for San Francisco and Los Angeles Rams, playing in Super Bowl XXIII and Super Bowl XXIV for the 49ers. [1]
Helton was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He attended the University of Colorado Boulder, where he played for the Buffaloes from 1984 to 1987.
Helton's son Bret is also a professional athlete, pitching in the Pittsburgh Pirates' minor league system. He and his wife Lisa had three more children, Chad, Brad and Nicole. [2]
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