Kelvin Kirk

Kelvin Kirk
No. 14
Date of birth	December 31, 1953
Place of birth	Mount Pleasant, Florida, USA
Date of death	July 2, 2003 (aged 49)
Place of death	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Career information
CFL status	International
Position(s)	WR
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg)
US college	Dayton
High school	Dayton (OH) Dunbar
NFL draft	1976 / round: 17 / pick: 487
Drafted by	Pittsburgh Steelers
Career history
As player
1977	Toronto Argonauts
1978-1979	Calgary Stampeders
1979	Saskatchewan Roughriders
1980	Calgary Stampeders
1981-1983	Ottawa Rough Riders
Career highlights and awards
	Mr. Irrelevant (1976);
Career stats
Receptions	153
Receiving yards	2,942
Return yards	3600
Total TDs	20
	Playing stats at NFL.com;

Kelvin Kirk (December 31, 1953 – July 2, 2003) was an American football wide receiver who played seven seasons in the Canadian Football League with the Toronto Argonauts, Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders and Ottawa Rough Riders. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the seventeenth round of the 1976 NFL Draft, making him the first Mr. Irrelevant of the NFL Draft.^[1] He played college football at the University of Dayton and attended Dunbar High School in Dayton, Ohio.^[2]^[3] Following his career in the CFL, Kirk worked as an artist for the Ottawa Citizen before his sudden death by heart attack while playing a pick-up game of basketball in 2003.^[2]

References

^ "Irrelevant Week Mr. Irrelevants". theundefeated.org. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
^ ^a ^b Archdeacon, Tom (April 27, 2012). "UD player first 'Mr. Irrelevant' in NFL Draft". springfieldnewssun.com. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Inaugural Mr. Irrelevant dies at 49". dailypilot.com. July 13, 2003. Retrieved July 26, 2014.