Leslie Kelley
Linebacker, American football player
1944 –
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Who is Leslie Kelley?
Leslie Howard Kelley is a former American football fullback/linebacker in the National Football League for the New Orleans Saints. He played college football at Alabama and played just 3 seasons in the NFL without ever starting.
He was the first ever draft choice of the Saints, taken with the final pick of the first round in the 1967. The Saints originally had the #1 overall pick in that draft, but traded it to the Baltimore Colts for quarterback Gary Cuozzo. The Colts selected Michigan State All-America defensive end Bubba Smith with the traded pick.
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- Born
- Dec 9, 1944
Decatur - Profession
- Education
- University of Alabama
- Lived in
- Decatur
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on July 23, 2013
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