Position: Blocking back/fullback Role American football safety 40 yard dash time 4.63 seconds | Weight: 204 lb (93 kg) Height 1.73 m Name Jim Leonard Spouse Katie Leonhard | |
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Date of birth: (1910-02-14)February 14, 1910 Place of birth: Pedricktown in Oldmans Township, New Jersey Date of death: November 28, 1993(1993-11-28) (aged 83) Education University of Wisconsin-Madison Current team Cleveland Browns (#30 / Safety) Similar People Rex Ryan, Woody Johnson, Gary Kubiak, Todd Bowles, Sean Payton Profiles | ||
Place of death: Woodbury, New Jersey | ||
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James Raymond Leonard, Sr. (February 14, 1910 – November 28, 1993) was an American football running back in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, as well as the head coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1945.
Leonard was a two sport star at the University of Notre Dame during the 1930s, both as a pitcher in baseball and a fullback in football. After Notre Dame he played for the Philadelphia Eagles for three seasons and was team captain in 1935 and 1936. He left the Eagles to restart the football program at Saint Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania in 1937.
In 1942 he joined the NFL again as a staff coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers, then served as an assistant at the College of the Holy Cross in 1943 before returning to the Steelers as head coach during the 1945 campaign. In 1947 he restarted the football program at Saint Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania. It was stopped because of World War II. He finished his career as the head coach of Villanova University from 1949 to 1950.
