Brian Kelly (wide receiver)

Brian Kelly
No. 70
Born:	March 27, 1956 (age 68); Arcadia, California, U.S.
Career information
CFL status	American
Position(s)	WR
College	Washington State
High school	Bishop Amat Memorial; (La Puente, California)
Career history
As player
1979–1987	Edmonton Eskimos
Career highlights and awards
	5× Grey Cup champion (1979–1982, 1987);
CFL All-Star	1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
CFL West All-Star	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
Awards	1979 CFL Most Outstanding Rookie; 1979 Jackie Parker Trophy; 1987 Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
Honors	1989 Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour
Records	Eskimos Records Most Receptions – Career (575); Most Receiving Yards – Career (11,169); Most Receiving 1000-YD Seasons – Career (6) – (1979, 1981, 1983–85, 1987); Most Receiving Yards – Season (1,812) – 1983; Most Receiving Touchdowns – Career (97); Most Receiving Touchdowns – Season (18); Most Receiving Touchdowns – Game (4) – June 30, 1984; Most Touchdowns – Career (97);
Career stats
	Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1991;

Brian Kelly (born March 27, 1956) is an American former professional gridiron football player who was a wide receiver for nine seasons with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Playing from 1979 to 1987, he caught 575 passes for 11,169 yards and 97 touchdowns.^[1] Kelly was a member of 5 Grey Cup championship teams in Edmonton. He was the No. 1 target of Eskimos quarterback Warren Moon in the early 1980s. Kelly was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame. He was voted one of the CFL's top 50 players (No. 20) in a poll conducted by Canadian sports network TSN. He graduated from Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California.

References

^ "Brian Kelly". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

External links

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[Fame-1] "Brian Kelly". Canadian Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

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Players	Abendschan Ah You Aldag D. Allen Anderson Atchison B. Bailey Baker Barrow Bass Batstone Battle Beach Benecick Bennett Bonk Bourke Bowman Box Breen Bright C. Brock D. Brock Do. Brown T. Brown Browne Brule Burden Burris Cahoon Calvillo Cameron J. Campbell Casey Charlton Childress Clarke Clements Clemons Coffey Conacher Connop Copeland Cornish Corrigall Covington C. Cox E. Cox R. Craig Crawford Cronin D. Cutler W. Cutler Dalla Riva DiPietro Dixon Dunigan Elgaard Elimimian Eliowitz Emerson Estay Etcheverry Evanshen Fairbanks Faloney Fear Fennell Fernandez Ferraro Ferrone Fieldgate Fleming Flory Da. Flutie Do. Flutie Flynn Frank Fryer Gabriel Gaines Gall George Golab Gorrell Grant Gray Griffing Ham Hanson Harding D. Harris W. Harris Harrison Helton Henley Highbaugh Hinton Holloway Huffman Hufnagel Hugo Ilesic Isbister Jackson Jacobs E. James G. James A. Johnson B. Johnson W. Johnson Ty. Jones Jurasin Kabat Kapp Keeling B. Kelly E. Kelly Kepley Krol Kwong Lapointe Lancaster Lawson Leadlay Lear Lehmann L. Lewis N. Lewis Lumsden Lunsford Luster Luzzi Makowsky McCallum McCance McGill McGowan McManus McQuarters B. Miles R. Miles Mills Mitchell Molson Montford Moon F. Morris T. Morris Mosca J. Murphy Narcisse Nelson Nettles Neumann O'Quinn Okeke O'Shea Pajaczkowski Jac. Parker Jam. Parker Passaglia Patterson Payton G. Perry N. Perry Phillips A. Pitts E. Pitts Pless Ploen Poplawski Pringle Quilty Racine Raimey Ray Rebholz Reed Reeve Ridgway Rigney Roberts Robinson Romano Rowe Ruby Russel T. Scott V. Scott Shatto Simon Be. Simpson Bo. Simpson Sprague Stegall Steinauer Stevenson Stewart Stirling Sutherin Symons Thelen Thornton Timmis Tindale Tinsley Tommy Trawick Tubman Tucker Urness Uteck Vaughan Vaughn Vavra Vercheval Wagner Walby Walker Weir Welch West Wilkinson G. Williams A. Wilson D. Wilson Winfield Wylie Yochum Young Zambiasi Zock
Builders	Ackles Anselmo Back R. Bailey Ballard Barker Berger Braley Brook D. W. Brown Buono H. Campbell Chipman Clair Connellan Cooper Cosentino Coulter Crighton A. Currie G. Currie Custis Davies DeGruchy Dojack Duggan DuMoulin Dussault Evans Forster Foulds Fracas Fulton Gaudaur Gibson Grant Grey Griffith Halter Hannibal Haylor Hayman Henick Hopson Hufnagel Bi. Hughes Ireland Keys Kimball Knight Kramer Levy Lieberman Loney Matthews McBrien McCaffrey D. McCann McDonald McNaughton McPherson Mitchell Metras Montgomery T. Morris C. Murphy Newton O'Billovich Pistilli Preston Reda A. Ritchie D. Ritchie Rodden Ryan Sazio Schwartz Shaughnessy Shepherd Shivers Shouldice J. Simpson F. Smith L. Smith Slocomb Spencer Spring Stukus P. Taylor Tindall Towriss Uteck Warner Warwick Wetenhall S. Wilson
Media	Afaganis A. Allen P. Allen R. Allen Avery Badham Beamish Bishop Bratina Brisebois Brunt Calcutt Carroll Tom Casey Chevrier Cluff Cole Coleman J. Cox G. Craig Cuthbert Davis DeGeer Dryburgh Dufault Dunnell Esaw Frayne Frewin Gilchrist Good B. Hall V. Hall Hanley Hooper Bo. Hughes Hunt Hunter Hynes Irving D. Isaac M. Isaac Te. Jones Kearney G. Kelly Kent Kielty MacCabe Maki Marsden Marshall Martin Matheson Matsumoto A. McCann McConnell McKnight McLean Melville Miller Milton Moir Naylor Newans O'Brien O'Meara Pascall Pascucci Pawson Picken J. Proudfoot T. Proudfoot Proulx Purcell Ralph Reeve Ruckaber Saunders Schultz Selnes Sgambati Sigurdson Simmons D. Smith M. Smith Stephen Stephenson Stukus Suitor Sullivan Swangard Tait J. Taylor Tucker Ullrich Viney G. Walker H. Walker Ja. Wells Jo. Wells Westwick Willes B. Williams Wittman Zurkowsky

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Career information
No. 70
Born:	(1956-03-27) March 27, 1956 (age 68) Arcadia, California, U.S.
CFL status	American
Position(s)	WR
College	Washington State
High school	Bishop Amat Memorial (La Puente, California)
Career history
As player
1979–1987	Edmonton Eskimos

Career highlights and awards
5× Grey Cup champion (1979–1982, 1987)
CFL All-Star	1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
CFL West All-Star	1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
Awards	1979 CFL Most Outstanding Rookie 1979 Jackie Parker Trophy 1987 Jeff Nicklin Memorial Trophy
Honors	1989 Edmonton Eskimos Wall of Honour
Records	Eskimos Records Most Receptions – Career (575) Most Receiving Yards – Career (11,169) Most Receiving 1000-YD Seasons – Career (6) – (1979, 1981, 1983–85, 1987) Most Receiving Yards – Season (1,812) – 1983 Most Receiving Touchdowns – Career (97) Most Receiving Touchdowns – Season (18) Most Receiving Touchdowns – Game (4) – June 30, 1984 Most Touchdowns – Career (97)
Career stats
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, 1991