Larry Kelley
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 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]
Taught English at The Cheshire Academy.
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 at that time also, and on June 27, 2000, Kelley died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home in Highstown.[3] He was 85.[4]
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"1999 Heisman Trophy - Former Heisman winner puts trophy up for auction". CNN/SI. December 2,1999. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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John D. Lukacs (December 7, 2007). "From the legendary to the little-known, Heisman history is never dull". ESPN. Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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RICHARD GOLDSTEIN (June 28, 2000). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Kelley Is a Suicide; Won 1936 Heisman". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Bamberger, Michael (11 December 2000). "The invisible man". Sports Illustrated, 93(24):64-74. ISSN 0038-822X.