Leroy Kelly
Leroy Kelly
Born: May 20, 1942
Philadelphia, PA USA
Position: RB
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 202
College: Morgan St.
High School: Simon Gratz (Philadelphia, PA)
Career: 1964-1974
Drafted: 1964 in Round 8, #110 overall by the Cleveland Browns
Elected to Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1994
Leroy Kelly played from 1964 to 1974 during his career with the Chicago Fire and Cleveland Browns. Kelly ran for 7,589 yards in his career on 1,804 attempts, scoring 75 rushing touchdowns. He also caught 198 passes for 2,409 yards and 13 receiving touchdowns..
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Passing:
| Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 34 | 8.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 102.1 | ||
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 36 | 7.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 96.7 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 51.0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 39.6 |
| NFL | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 93 | 5.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 1 | 7 | ||
| Totals | 16 | 3 | 18.8 | 93 | 5.8 | 2 | 12.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 1 | 7 |
Rushing:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 12 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 37 | 139 | 3.8 | 16 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 209 | 1141 | 5.5 | 70 | 15 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 235 | 1205 | 5.1 | 42 | 11 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 248 | 1239 | 5.0 | 65 | 16 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 196 | 817 | 4.2 | 31 | 9 |
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 206 | 656 | 3.2 | 33 | 6 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 234 | 865 | 3.7 | 35 | 10 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 224 | 811 | 3.6 | 18 | 4 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 132 | 389 | 2.9 | 19 | 3 |
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 77 | 315 | 4.1 | 24 | 1 |
| NFL | 1727 | 7274 | 4.2 | 70 | 74 | |
| WFL | 77 | 315 | 4.1 | 24 | 1 | |
| Totals | 1804 | 7589 | 4.2 | 70 | 75 |
Receiving:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 122 | 13.6 | 52 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 32 | 366 | 11.4 | 40 | 1 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 20 | 282 | 14.1 | 48 | 2 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 22 | 297 | 13.5 | 68 | 4 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 20 | 267 | 13.4 | 36 | 1 |
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 311 | 13.0 | 55 | 2 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 25 | 252 | 10.1 | 29 | 2 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 23 | 204 | 8.9 | 28 | 1 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 15 | 180 | 12.0 | 36 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 |
| NFL | 190 | 2281 | 12.0 | 68 | 13 | |
| WFL | 8 | 128 | 16.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Totals | 198 | 2409 | 12.2 | 68 | 13 |
Punting:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 407 | 40.7 | 51 |
| NFL | 10 | 407 | 40.7 | 51 | |
| Totals | 10 | 407 | 40.7 | 51 |
Punt Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 171 | 19.0 | 68 | 1 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 17 | 265 | 15.6 | 67 | 2 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 13 | 104 | 8.0 | 52 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 59 | 6.6 | 32 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 28 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 30 | 292 | 9.7 | 74 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 40 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| NFL | 94 | 990 | 10.5 | 74 | 3 | |
| Totals | 94 | 990 | 10.5 | 74 | 3 |
Kick Returns:
| Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 582 | 24.2 | 45 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 24 | 621 | 25.9 | 51 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 49 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 5 | 131 | 26.2 | 32 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| NFL | 76 | 1784 | 23.5 | 51 | 0 | |
| Totals | 76 | 1784 | 23.5 | 51 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Year | Team | Tackle | Brup | Fum | F Rec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| NFL | 0 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| 1964 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 1965 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| 1966 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | ||||||
| 1967 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||||||
| 1968 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | ||||||
| 1969 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||||||
| 1970 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||
| 1971 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||||
| 1972 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
| 1973 | NFL Cleveland Browns | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| 1974 | WFL Chicago Fire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||
| NFL | 74 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 540 | |
| WFL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Totals | 75 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 548 | |
Playing Career:
| Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1965 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1966 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1967 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1968 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1969 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1970 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1971 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1972 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 14 | 0 |
| 1973 | NFL | Cleveland Browns | 13 | 0 |
| 1974 | WFL | Chicago Fire |
Awards
- Pro Football Hall of Fame team All-1960s Team
1968 - Bert Bell Award (Player of the Year)
Honors
1966 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1966 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1966 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1967 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1967 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - The Sporting News All-Conference (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Pro Football Weekly All-NFL/AFL (1st Team)
1968 - Associated Press All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - New York Daily News All-NFL (1st Team)
1968 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - Hall of Fame All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - The Sporting News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - United Press International All-NFL (1st Team)
1969 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1969 - New York Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)
1971 - United Press International All-Conference (2nd Team)
1971 - Pro Football Writers Association All-NFL (2nd Team)
1971 - Newspaper Enterprise Association All-NFL (1st Team)
