Jon Horton

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Jon M. Horton (born December 26,  1964 in Tucson ) is a retired American football player .

career

Horton played at Sunnyside High School in the state of Arizona , then the wide receiver was part  of the college team of the University of Arizona from 1982 to 1986 .

As a professional football player, he was in 1987 with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian league CFL  under contract before he was removed from the squad there in late October 1987. He was temporarily employed as a basketball player in Mexico . In 1991, the 1.85 meter tall Horton played for the London Monarchs in the World League of American Football and won the World Bowl with the team in June 1991 . Later in the summer of 1991 he was in training camp with the NFL team Phoenix Cardinals , then disappeared for a short time without a trace.

In 1995 he was in the service of the Hanau Hawks in the football Bundesliga, in the run-up to the 1996 season he moved within the league to the Braunschweig Lions . He played for Lower Saxony until the end of the 1999 season and won the German championship with them in 1997, 1998 and 1999 and the Eurobowl in 1999 . Horton had 94 touchdowns for Braunschweig and set a club record with 1951 yards of space gained from passing catches.

In the 2000 season, Horton played for the Cologne Crocodiles . He won the German championship with Cologne and then went back to his home country.

In 2005 he returned to the Braunschweig Lions and attended coach Kent Anderson . In October 2005 he took over the position of head coach at the fourth division club Cologne Chargers . In 2007 he was the player- coach of the Maastricht Wildcats in the first Dutch league and was national champion with the team. In August 2008, the Alphen Eagles (also Netherlands) announced Horton's signing as head coach. He later worked  as a fitness trainer in Utrecht .

In 2012 Horton was inducted into the Braunschweig Lions Hall of Fame .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jon Horton. In: profootballarchives.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  2. ↑ 1987 British Columbia Lions - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  3. ^ Transactions . In: The New York Times . October 28, 1987, ISSN  0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed February 28, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Rick Reilly: One to Remember. Retrieved February 28, 2020 (American English).
  5. ↑ 1991 London Monarchs - Pro Football Archives. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Paris idled by health concerns. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Orlando Sentinel: SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS. Retrieved February 28, 2020 (American English).
  8. ^ GFL 1995. In: football-history.de. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  9. ^ A b c Karl Schlicker: Lions legend as a trainer apprentice. May 5, 2019, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  10. ^ New York Lions: 2012: Jon Horton. February 20, 2020, accessed February 28, 2020 .
  11. ↑ RP ONLINE: Braunschweig Lions against Cologne Crocodiles: Three-time champion at the German Bowl only outsiders. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  12. ^ German Bowl Winner - German Bowl XLII. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ THE NEW HEADCOACH !!! In: Freestyle - Sport in Cologne. Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Steve Sheppard: NFL Europe spelers in actie tijdens Tulip Bowl XXIII - Sportfotografie.US. Retrieved February 28, 2020 (nl-nl).
  15. ^ Studio Alphen: Nieuwe coach voor de Alphen Eagles. Retrieved February 28, 2020 (Dutch).
  16. ↑ Jon Horton Personal Trainer. Accessed February 28, 2020 (nl-NL).
  17. ↑ Jon Horton becomes "Number 8". Retrieved February 28, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Horton, Jon
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Horton, Jon M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American football player
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tucson