PLAYING CAREER
EDMONTON ESKIMOS   1979 - 1987

AWARDS AND HONOURS
ALL-WESTERN WIDE RECEIVER  1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
ALL-CANADIAN WIDE RECEIVER  1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1987
SCHENLEY MOST OUTSTANDING ROOKIE AWARD 1979
JEFF NICKLIN MEMORIAL TROPHY  1987

GREY CUP PARTICIPATION 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987
GREY CUP WINNING TEAMS 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1987

BRIAN KELLY FIRST CAME TO EDMONTON IN 1978, BUT A PRE-SEASON ANKLE INJURY KEPT HIM ON THE SIDELINES UNTIL THE FOLLOWING SEASON. THE CLEVER WIDE RECEIVER, AFFECTIONATELY CALLED "HOWDY DOODY" BY HIS TEAMMATES, WAS A 5'9" DYNAMO DURING HIS ENTIRE CAREER. IN 1979 HE WAS NAMED THE ESKIMOS' MOST POPULAR PLAYER.

KELLY HAD A CAREER TOTAL 575 PASS RECEPTIONS FOR 11,169 YARDS AND 97 TOUCHDOWNS. HE SCORED 586 POINTS AND HAD IN EXCESS OF 1,000 PASS-RECEIVING YARDS IN SIX OF HIS NINE SEASONS. IN HIS FINAL SEASON KELLY CAUGHT 68 PASSES FOR 1,626 YARDS AND 13 TOUCHDOWNS THEN COMPLETED HIS CAREER WITH A GREY CUP VICTORY.

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INDUCTED 1991 - PLAYER

Class of 1991 W.T. (Tom) Hinton, Norm Kimball, Jim Young