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{{Short description|American football player (born 1965)}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox NFL biography
| name        = Barry Helton 
| number      = 9
| position    = [[Punter (football position)|Punter]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1965|1|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]], U.S. 
| height_ft   = 6
| height_in   = 3
| weight_lb   = 205
| high_school = Simla {{nowrap|([[Simla, Colorado]])}}
| college     = [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado]]
| draftyear   = 1988
| draftround  = 4
| draftpick   = 102
| pastteams   =
* [[San Francisco 49ers]] ({{NFL Year|1988|1991}})
* [[Los Angeles Rams]] ({{NFL Year|1991}})
| highlights  =
* 2× [[Super Bowl champion]]
* 2× Consensus [[College Football All-America Team|All-American]] ([[1985 College Football All-America Team|1985]], [[1986 College Football All-America Team|1986]])
* Second-team All-American ([[1987 College Football All-America Team|1987]])
* 3× First-team All-[[Big Eight Conference|Big Eight]] ([[1985 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1985]], [[1986 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1986]], [[1987 All-Big Eight Conference football team|1987]])
| statlabel1  = [[Punt (gridiron football)|Punt]]s
| statvalue1  = 213
| statlabel2  = Punting yards
| statvalue2  = 8,285
| statlabel3  = Longest punt
| statvalue3  = 56
| statlabel4  = Average punt
| statvalue4  = 38.9
| pfr         = HeltBa20  
}}

'''Barry Bret Helton''' (born January 2, 1965) is an American former professional [[American football|football]] player who was a [[Punter (football position)|punter]] for four seasons in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) during the 1980s and 1990s.  He played [[college football]] for the [[Colorado Buffaloes football|Colorado Buffaloes]], twice earning consensus [[College Football All-America Team|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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=1988 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1988/draft.htm |access-date=2023-09-24 |website=Pro-Football-Reference.com |language=en}}</ref>

Helton was born in [[Colorado Springs, Colorado]].  He attended the [[University of Colorado Boulder]], where he played for the [[Colorado Buffaloes football|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.<ref>Summers, Danny. "[https://gazette.com/cheyenneedition/faces-to-follow-luke-martin-and-bret-helton/article_5d849e12-3543-11e9-b2a2-bbb69314b088.html Faces to Follow: Luke Martin and Bret Helton]", Cheyenne Edition, 2/27/2019.</ref>

==References==
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{{1985 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{1986 NCAA Division I-A College Football Consensus All-Americans}}
{{49ers1988DraftPicks}}
{{Super Bowl XXIII}}
{{Super Bowl XXIV}}

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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:All-American college football players]]
[[Category:American football punters]]
[[Category:Colorado Buffaloes football players]]
[[Category:Los Angeles Rams players]]
[[Category:San Francisco 49ers players]]
[[Category:Players of American football from Colorado Springs, Colorado]]


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