Mike Kelley (quarterback)
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Date of birth | December 31, 1959 |
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Place of birth | Sonora, California, U.S. |
Career information | |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm) |
Weight | 195 lb (88 kg) |
US college | Georgia Tech |
High school | Augusta (GA) Westside |
NFL draft | 1982 / Round: 6 / Pick: 149 |
Drafted by | Atlanta Falcons |
Career history | |
As player | |
1983 | Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) |
1984–1985 | Memphis Showboats (USFL) |
1987 | San Diego Chargers |
1995 | Memphis Mad Dogs (CFL) |
Mike Kelley (born December 31, 1959) is a former professional quarterback. He played for the Tampa Bay Bandits and Memphis Showboats in the United States Football League. After the USFL failed, he joined the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League as a replacement player during the 1987 strike. Eight years after his stint with the Chargers, he came out of retirement at age 35 to serve as backup quarterback on the Memphis Mad Dogs, a Canadian Football League team. He played collegiately for the Georgia Tech football team. He was inducted into the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame in 1992.[1][2]
See also[edit]
- List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football statistical leaders
References[edit]
- ^ "Georgia Tech Athletics Hall of Fame". RamblinWreck.com. Georgia Tech Athletic Association. Archived from the original on September 18, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2007.
- ^ "Mike Kelley Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
Categories:
- Living people
- 1959 births
- American football quarterbacks
- Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football players
- Memphis Showboats players
- San Diego Chargers players
- Tampa Bay Bandits players
- National Football League replacement players
- People from Sonora, California
- Players of American football from Tuolumne County, California
- Players of Canadian football from California
- American football quarterback, 1950s birth stubs