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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]
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