Larry Kelley
Lycoming County MVP
City of Williamsport Sports Walk
Kelley was a multi-sport athlete at Williamsport High School before going on to Yale University, where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football. During the 1936 football season he dazzled on offense with 17 catches for 372 yards and 4 touchdowns. He was also a Consensus All-American and the winner of the Heisman Trophy that same year. Kelley was elected to the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame in 1969.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1936.
Location. 41° 14.416′ N, 77° 0.217′ W. Marker is in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County. Marker is on Laurel Street north of West 3rd Street, on the left when traveling north. Marker is embedded in the sidewalk. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Williamsport PA 17701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Gary Brown (a few steps from this marker); Chief Woapalanne (a few steps from this marker); Joseph M. McDade (within shouting distance of this marker); L.L. Stearns & Sons History (within shouting distance of this marker); Jack Losch
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1. Larry Kelley (Wikipedia). Lawrence Morgan Kelley was the first winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1936 and the second winner of the trophy awarded by the New York Athletic Club, the year it was renamed in honor of John Heisman. To benefit 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. (Submitted on July 21, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
2. Larry Kelley, Yales famed Heisman Trophy winner, took his own life last summer. (from Sports Illustrated, December, 2000) After graduating from Williamsport High, he spent one year at Peddie, a boarding school in Hightstown, N.J., where he was a star on the playing fields and in the classrooms. From there he went to Yale, where he became a national figure. When he graduated from Yale in June 1937, Kelley made a decision to preserve his athletic accomplishments and thereby his standing. He headed back to Peddie, to teach and coach and take graduate classes at Princeton. (Submitted on July 21, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)
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