Larry Kelley | |
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Date of birth | May 30, 1915 |
Place of birth | Conneaut, Ohio |
Date of death | June 27, 2000 |
Position(s) | End |
College | Yale |
NFL Draft | 1937 / Round 9/ Pick 87 |
Awards | 1936 Heisman Trophy |
College Football Hall of Fame |
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 Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and 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.[1]
He taught English at Cheshire Academy and spent 12 years in the glove-manufacturing industry.
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.[2] His health was visibly failing by then after having suffered a minor stroke and having open-heart surgery, and on June 27, 2000, Kelley died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Hightstown. It was said to be a suicide by the Hightstown police.[3] He was 85 when he died. He was survived by his fourth wife and 18 nieces and nephews. [4]
Preceded by Jay Berwanger |
Heisman Trophy
Winner 1936 |
Succeeded by Clint Frank |
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