25 Facts About Lenny Moore

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Leonard Edward Moore was born on November 25,1933 and is an American former professional football player who played both halfback and flanker in the National Football League for the Baltimore Colts from 1956 to 1967.

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Lenny Moore played college football for Penn State Nittany Lions.

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Lenny Moore was named the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1956 and was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times.

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Lenny Moore was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.

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Lenny Moore was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and was blessed with exceptional athletic ability.

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Lenny Moore left the school as their all-time leader in 100-rushing yard games, rushing yards, all-purpose yards, and single-season all-purpose yards.

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Lenny Moore was both a great runner and receiver, lining up in the backfield as a halfback and split wide as a flanker, and was equally dangerous at both positions in the Colts' offense run by quarterback Johnny Unitas.

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Lenny Moore averaged at least seven yards per carry in three seasons, and has a career average of 4.8 yards per carry.

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Lenny Moore had 40 receptions for 687 yards and seven touchdowns in 1957, the first of five years in which he would have 40 or more catches.

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In 1959, Lenny Moore had 47 receptions for 846 yards and six touchdowns as the Colts repeated as champions.

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Lenny Moore was injured in 1962, a knee injury, and lost his starting job in 1963 from the knee injury.

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Lenny Moore was voted by his fellow players as the Most Valuable Player, a remarkable award considering he played most of the season with complications from appendicitis, and gave credence to the claim that he was one of the toughest players in the NFL.

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Lenny Moore won Comeback Player of the Year Award in 1964.

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Lenny Moore scored a touchdown in an NFL-record 18 consecutive appearances starting in 1963 and continuing through the entire 1964 season, ending in 1965.

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Lenny Moore faced the difficult task of being an African American in the NFL during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Lenny Moore's race came into question after his retirement in 1968 when he was not given a long-term contract with CBS Television, ending his attempt to be the first black sports broadcaster for CBS.

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In 1975 Lenny Moore was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, and was named to the NFL's 1950s All Decade Team.

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Lenny Moore is the only player in NFL history to have at least 40 receiving touchdowns and 40 rushing touchdowns.

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On January 19,2008, Lenny Moore was inducted into the East-West Shrine Game Hall of Fame class.

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Lenny Moore was an honorary captain for Penn State's game versus Syracuse on September 12,2009.

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Lenny Moore is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington, DC National Intercollegiate All-American Football Players Honor Roll.

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Lenny Moore retired in 2010 from the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services after 26 years of service.

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Lenny Moore was a keynote speaker for churches, organizations and youth groups, teaching children and adults about the risks of drugs and he worked to improve the lives of troubled teens.

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On October 8,2013, Lenny Moore had a road in Baltimore County named after him in his honor.

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Lenny Moore holds an annual benefit dinner in memory of his son Leslie, who died at 43 of that disease.