/ Stars that died in 2023: Lenny Lyles, American football player (Baltimore Colts), died he was 75.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Lenny Lyles, American football player (Baltimore Colts), died he was 75.

Lenny Lyles  was a professional American Football defensive back who played twelve seasons in the National Football League died he was 75.. He started in Super Bowl III for the Baltimore Colts.[1]

(January 26, 1936 – November 20, 2011)

 The 6-2, 202-pound Lyles was recruited by the University of Louisville in 1954, when he broke the school’s color barrier for scholarship athletes. Lyles remains Louisville’s all-time scoring leader for a non-kicker with 300 points. After a successful collegiate career, where Lyles was known for his return skills, he was drafted by the Baltimore Colts in the first round of the 1958 NFL Draft. He spent one year with the Colts before joining the 49ers in 1959. After two seasons in San Francisco, Lyles returned to the Colts where he remained until the end of his career in 1969. Lyles finished his career with 2,161 return yards and averaged 26.7 yards per return. Lyles spent 27 years as an executive with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corp in Louisville.

To see more of who died in 2011 click here

No comments:

Ellen Holly best known for her groundbreaking role as Carla Gray on the daytime television series One Life to Live died she was 92

Ellen Holly Ellen Holly.   DISNEY GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT CONTENT VIA GETTY Ellen Holly, born on October 31, 1930, in New York City, passed aw...