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Jul 18, 2013 · The first two plays are Leroy Kelly running for 30 yards and then throwing a 34-yard touchdown pass to Paul Warfield during the Browns' 47-13 win over the Eagles on Nov. 24 in Cleveland.
Jan 16, 2008 · NFL players like Leroy Kelly are left crippled and broke — and abandoned by their own union. In 1966, 24-year-old Leroy Kelly reported to Browns training camp saddled with one of the more ...
Leroy Kelly played 10 seasons for the Browns. He had 1,727 carries for 7,274 yards, 190 catches for 2,281 yards and scored 90 touchdowns. He was selected to play in 6 Pro Bowls, and won 1 championship.
Because of Jim Brown, Leroy Kelly was relegated to the special teams where he averaged an amazing 19 yards per punt return in their 1964 championship season. The next year he led the NFL with a 15.6 yard average per punt return. With Jim Brown's unexpected retirement after the 1965 season Leroy Kelly became the Browns' featured running back.
LEROY KELLY. By Don Smith, for The Pro Football Hall of Fame. In 1965, the fabled Jim Brown was doing just what he had accomplished throughout his nine-year NFL career . . . making yardage faster than any other player in history. At the age of 30, he seemed set to continue to ravage pro football defenses for another half a dozen years.
Apr 20, 2016 · Leroy Kelly was the Browns' best late-round pick (1:27) When Cleveland took Leroy Kelly in the eighth round in 1964, Jim Brown was on the team, but Kelly would follow Brown as the team's lead back ...
Leroy Kelly returned one kickoff for 45 yards and returned one punt for 68 yards and his first NFL touchdown. Week 8: (November 1, 1964) - In the eighth game of the season the Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers and their Hall of Fame running back John Henry Johnson 30-17 at Pitt Stadium.
