Lenny Moore
Moore in Baltimore, 2011
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| Position: | Halfback | ||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth: | November 25, 1933 | ||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Reading, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||
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| High school: | Reading (PA) | ||||||||||||||
| College: | Penn State | ||||||||||||||
| NFL Draft: | 1956 / Round: 1 / Pick: 9 | ||||||||||||||
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| Rushing yards: | 5,174 |
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| Rushing average: | 4.8 |
| Rushing touchdowns: | 63 |
| Receptions: | 364 |
| Receiving yards: | 6,039 |
| Receiving touchdowns: | 48 |
| Player stats at NFL.com | |
Leonard Edward Moore (born November 25, 1933) is a former American football halfback. He played college football at Pennsylvania State University and professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Colts from 1956 to 1967. He was named the NFL Rookie of the Year in 1956 and was selected to the Pro Bowl seven times. Moore was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.
Moore was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, and was blessed with exceptional athletic ability. He attended Reading High School, where his speed on the field earned him the nickname “The Reading Rocket.” He was tagged with a number of other nicknames: "Sputnik," for the fear he incited in opposing defenses; "The Reading Rambler" and "Lightning Lenny," for his unmatched speed; and "Spats," for the way he taped his high-top shoes, making them look like low-tops.
Moore leveraged his speed and ability into a college athletic scholarship and entered Penn State in the fall of 1952 as the first individual in his family to attend college. In an era before freshmen were allowed to play in games and “redshirt” status did not exist, he achieved great success, scoring 24 touchdowns (TDs) in 27 games in just three seasons on the varsity.
Moore’s achievements at Penn State did not go unnoticed by scouts from the NFL, and he was drafted by the Colts in the first round of 1956 with the ninth pick.
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. Moore averaged at least seven yards per carry in three seasons, and has a career average of 4.8 yards per carry. He had 40 receptions for 687 yards and seven TDs in 1957, the first of five years in which he would have 40 or more catches. In an era of pounding running games, Moore was a glimpse of things to come in the NFL, with a career average of 30 receptions per year out of the backfield.
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