leon, manley, willie, 1926, march, 2010, american, football, player, coach, born, hollis, oklahoma, lettered, three, seasons, guard, university, oklahoma, from, 1947, 1949, selected, 1950, draft, green, packers, their, roster, 1950, 1951, later, from, 1953, pl. Willie Leon Manley May 20 1926 March 13 2010 was an American football player and coach He was born in Hollis Oklahoma He lettered for three seasons as guard at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1949 He was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers and was on their roster in 1950 and 1951 Later from 1953 to 54 he played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union After his playing career was through Manley pursued a coaching career and was a longtime assistant under Darrell Royal at Texas first as offensive line coach and later succeeding Don Breaux as offensive coordinator Royal was Manley s childhood friend and later a high school and college teammate 1 Leon ManleyNo 66Position GuardPersonal informationBorn 1926 05 20 May 20 1926Hollis Oklahoma U S Died March 13 2010 2010 03 13 aged 83 Austin Texas U S Height 6 ft 2 in 1 88 m Weight 218 lb 99 kg Career informationHigh school Hollis OK College OklahomaNFL Draft 1950 Round 7 Pick 82Career historyAs a player Green Bay Packers 1950 1951 Edmonton Eskimos 1953 1954 As a coach McAlester HS OK head coach c 1953 Northeast Louisiana State line 1954 1956 Colgate line 1957 1958 Northeast Louisiana State line c 1959 1966 Texas OL 1966 1974 Wyoming OL 1975 1976 Texas OC 1977 1980 Career highlights and awardsCFL All Star 1953 Career NFL statisticsGames played 24Player stats at NFL com PFRManley died in March 2010 in Austin Texas 2 References edit Former Royal teammate UT assistant coach Manley passes away TexasSports com March 15 2010 Retrieved September 11 2023 Eskimos mourn the passing of Willie Manley 1926 2010 Archived from the original on 2010 11 22 Retrieved 2010 03 25 External links editLeon Manley at Find a Grave nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a college football coach first appointed in the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biographical article relating to an American football offensive lineman born in the 1920s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This University of Oklahoma related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leon Manley amp oldid 1174971771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
