Bob Kelly (American football, born 1925)
Appearance
![]() Kelly on a 1950 Bowman football card | |||||||||||||||
No. 85, 89 | |||||||||||||||
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Position: | Halfback Defensive back | ||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
Born: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | June 6, 1925||||||||||||||
Died: | December 31, 2016 | (aged 91)||||||||||||||
Height: | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight: | 190 lb (86 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||
High school: | Leo (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
College: | Notre Dame Navy | ||||||||||||||
NFL draft: | 1947: 10th round, 81st pick | ||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||
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Robert Joseph Kelly[1] (June 6, 1925 – December 31, 2016) was an American professional football player who was a defensive back for the Los Angeles Dons and Baltimore Colts of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).[2] Kelly died in Tennessee on December 31, 2016, at the age of 91.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bob Kelly". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Bob Kelly". National Football League. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved August 15, 2011.
- ^ "Kelly, Robert Joseph "Bob"". Chicago Tribune. January 29, 2017. Archived from the original on January 30, 2022. Retrieved January 30, 2022.
Categories:
- 1925 births
- 2016 deaths
- American football defensive backs
- Baltimore Colts (1947–1950) players
- Los Angeles Dons players
- Military personnel from Illinois
- Navy Midshipmen football players
- Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players
- Players of American football from Chicago
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American football defensive back, 1920s birth stubs