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| Position | End |
| Personal information | |
| Born: | May 30, 1915 Conneaut, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died: | June 27, 2000 (aged 85) Hightstown, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg) |
| Career history | |
| College |
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| High school | Williamsport (Williamsport, Pennsylvania) Peddie (Hightstown, New Jersey) |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| College Football Hall of Fame (1969) | |
Lawrence Morgan Kelley (May 30, 1915 – June 27, 2000) was an American football end who played for the Yale Bulldogs football program from 1934 to 1936. He was the captain of the 1936 Yale Bulldogs football team that compiled a 7–1 record and was ranked No. 12 in the final AP Poll. He was selected as a unanimous first-team All-American and won the Heisman Trophy as the best player in college football.
Kelley rejected offers to play professional football, baseball, and basketball and instead became a high school teacher and coach. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1969. In 1999, he sold his Heisman Trophy at auction for $328,110. He died by suicide six months later at the age of 85.