[1] Durko played college football for the USC Trojans as a starting defensive back.
[2] In the 1968 USC-Notre Dame game, on the second play from scrimmage Durko intercepted a Joe Theismann pass and returned it for a touchdown in a game that ended in a 21-21 tie.
[3] He was selected in the sixth round (137th overall) of the 1970 NFL draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The following year, 1974, was his fourth and final NFL season, as Durko played 11 games and started four for the Patriots.
[4] In 2011, he was one of 12 honorees inducted into the West Covina Walk of Fame, which "honors athletes, coaches and sports volunteers from the city who have made significant contributions in making West Covina a better place to live, work and play.