Raymond Burr received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor, and Barbara Hale received an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Mason's secretary Della Street. Perry Mason and Burr were honored as Favorite Series and Favorite Male Performer in the first two TV Guide Award readers polls.
NFL wide receivers were seventh of 11 general player positions in 2007 in terms of salary, with an average of $1,054,437, according to Sports Illustrated's NFL's Average Salary By Position.. Quarterbacks were highest on the list with average pay of $1,970,982.
General managers lock up franchise quarterbacks with monster contracts before they can test the free agency waters. Seventeen NFL players have an average annual salary of at least $17 million and only one, Ndamukong Suh, does not play quarterback. Suh ranks No. 11 with an average salary of $19.1 million. The story is similar off the field where QBs are the glamour boys with Madison Avenue. The four highest-paid players are all signal callers. There are nine NFL players who will pull in at least $5 million off the field by Forbesâ count this year and only two are non-quarterbacks. The NFL's Highest-Paid Endorsement Stars Peyton Manning leads the way with $12 million in off-field earnings.