Larry Kelley

Larry Kelley

NFL PlayerCoach
Name=Larry Kelley


DateOfBirth=birth date|1915|5|30|mf=y
Birthplace= Conneaut, Ohio
DateOfDeath=June 27, 2000
College=Yale
Position=End
DraftedYear=1937
DraftedRound=9/ Pick 87
Awards=1936 Heisman Trophy
Honors=
CollegeHOF=30149

Lawrence Morgan "Larry" Kelley (May 30, 1915 – June 27, 2000) was an American football player born in Conneaut, Ohio. He played end, for Yale University. While at Yale he was a member of Skull & Bones, and was the second winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1936, the year it was renamed in honor of John Heisman. His jersey number was 19.

Kelley was an All-American end and the captain of the Yale football team. Following his career at Yale, he played for the Boston Shamrocks of the American Football League in 1937. He is a member of the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame. Following his career in football, Kelley was a history teacher and alumni director at the Peddie School in Hightstown, New Jersey. [cite news
url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/1999/heisman/news/1999/12/02/heisman_auction/index.html
title=1999 Heisman Trophy - Former Heisman winner puts trophy up for auction
publisher=CNN/SI
date=December 2,1999
accessdate=2008-01-06
]

Taught English at The Cheshire Academy.

To benefit of his nieces and nephews, Kelley sold his Heisman Trophy at an auction in December 1999 for $328,110 to the owner of The Stadium Museum, Restaurant & Bar in Garrison, New York, where it now resides. [cite news
url=http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3145185
title=From the legendary to the little-known, Heisman history is never dull
author=John D. Lukacs
publisher=ESPN
date=December 7, 2007
accessdate=2008-01-06
] His health was visibly failing at that time also, and on June 27, 2000, Kelley died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Highstown. It was said to be a suicide by the Highstown police. [cite news
url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B0CE0DD1130F93BA15755C0A9669C8B63
title=COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Kelley Is a Suicide; Won 1936 Heisman
author=RICHARD GOLDSTEIN
publisher=New York Times
date=June 28, 2000
accessdate=2008-01-08
] He was 85. [Bamberger, Michael (11 December 2000). "The invisible man". "Sports Illustrated", 93(24):64-74. ISSN 0038-822X.]

References

External links

* [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/college/1999/heisman/news/1999/12/02/heisman_auction/index.html Sports Illustrated Article]
* [http://mssa.library.yale.edu/madid/showzoom.php?id=ru&ruid=736&pg=1&imgNum=5575 Skull and Bones Tap Day]


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