- Ellison Kelly
NFL player
|DateOfBirth=Birth date and age|1935|5|17|mf=y
Birthplace=Butler, GA
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College=Michigan State
Position=Guard, Tackle
DraftedYear=1959
DraftedRound=5 / Pick 59
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CFLAllStar=1964, 1969, 1970
years=1959
1960-1970
1971-1972
teams=New York Giants Hamilton Tiger-Cats (CFL)Toronto Argonauts (CFL)
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CFHOF=24&player=Kelly,%20EllisonEllison Lamar Kelly (born
May 17 ,1935 inButler, Georgia ) is a formeroffensive lineman for theHamilton Tiger-Cats from 1960-1970 and theToronto Argonauts from 1971-1972 of theCanadian Football League . He never missed a game in his thirteen seasons in the CFL. He won threeGrey Cup s for the Tiger-Cats and played in another for the Argonauts.Kelly was selected in the fifth round of the
1959 NFL Draft by theNew York Giants after a stellar career atMichigan State University , but he opted to go to Canada to play in the CFL in his second season. In that first season he only played one game for the Giants.Kelly was inducted into the
Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1991.
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