Bob Lee Kelly (August 18, 1938 – December 18, 2014) was an

American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...

offensive lineman In gridiron football, a lineman is a player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. The linemen of the team currently in possession of the ball are the offensive line (OL), while linemen on the opposing team are the defensive line ( ...

and

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in the

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(AFL) for the

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, the

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and the

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. Kelly played

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. After his Professional Football career, he coached the Hughes High School football team in

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for 27 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Bob 1938 births 2014 deaths American football offensive tackles Houston Oilers players Kansas City Chiefs players Cincinnati Bengals players New Mexico State Aggies football players Players of American football from New Mexico People from Carlsbad, New Mexico American Football League players Carlsbad High School (Carlsbad, New Mexico) alumni

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