John B. Walton is a former professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 quarterback

Quarterback

Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...

. Walton played college football

College football

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 at Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City State University

Elizabeth City State University is a public, historically black college located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, in the United States...

. From there, he joined the Indianapolis Capitols of the Continental Football League

Continental Football League

The Continental Football League was a professional minor American football league that operated in North America from 1965 through 1969. It was established following the collapse of the original United Football League, and hoped to become the major force in professional football outside of the...

 for the 1969 season. He went on to play pro football for the San Antonio Wings

San Antonio Wings

The San Antonio Wings was an American Football team that played in the World Football League in 1974 and 1975. The team started as the Florida Blazers in 1974, then moved to San Antonio in 1975 and became the San Antonio Wings.-Florida Blazers :...

 of the World Football League

World Football League

The World Football League was a short-lived gridiron football league that played in 1974 and part of 1975. Although the league's proclaimed ambition was to bring American football onto a worldwide stage, the farthest the WFL reached was placing a team – the Hawaiians – in Honolulu, Hawaii. The...

 and later played in fifteen games over four seasons in the National Football League

National Football League

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 for the Philadelphia Eagles

Philadelphia Eagles

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 before retiring. Walton spent a few seasons coaching before coming out of retirement to play for the Breakers

Portland Breakers

The Portland Breakers were a professional American Football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. Before moving to Portland, Oregon, the franchise was previously in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Breakers and New Orleans, Louisiana as the New Orleans...

 of the United States Football League

United States Football League

The United States Football League was an American football league which was in active operation from 1983 to 1987. It played a spring/summer schedule in its first three seasons and a traditional autumn/winter schedule was set to commence before league operations ceased.The USFL was conceived in...

, both in Boston and in New Orleans. Walton retired again after the Breakers disappointing 1984 season.

Following his retirement, he returned to Elizabeth City, where he serves as a teacher and a member of the city council.

Career WFL Stats

Year Team GP ATT. Comp. Yards TD Int.
1975 San Antonio Wings 12 338 167 2405 19 22

Career NFL Stats

Year Team GP ATT. Comp. Yards TD Int.
1976 Philadelphia Eagles 3 28 12 125 0 2
1978 Philadelphia Eagles 4 1 0 0 0 0
1979 Philadelphia Eagles 8 36 19 213 3 1

Career USFL Stats

Year	Team	GP	Att	Com	Pct	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Rate
1983	Boston Breakers Portland Breakers The Portland Breakers were a professional American Football team that played in the United States Football League in the mid 1980s. Before moving to Portland, Oregon, the franchise was previously in Boston, Massachusetts as the Boston Breakers and New Orleans, Louisiana as the New Orleans...	18	589	330	56.0	3772	6.40	20	18	74.0
1984	New Orleans Breakers	18	512	280	54.7	3554	6.94	17	19	72.2
USFL Regular season Career Totals	|36	1101	610	55.4	7326	6.65	37	37	73.2

Key to Abbreviations

GP= Games Played

Att= Passes attempted

Com= Passes Completed

Pct= Completion percentage

Yds= Yards

YPA= Yards per attempt

TD= Touchdown

Touchdown

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s

Int= Interceptions

Rate= Passer rating

Passer rating

Passer rating is a measure of the performance of quarterbacks or any other passers in American football and Canadian football. There are at least two formulae currently in use: one officially used by the National Football League and the Canadian Football League, and one used in college football...