Thursday, April 15, 2021 12:03 pm
Verbatim: Purdue All-American RB Leroy Keyes dies
The Journal Gazette
Purdue University issued this news release today:
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Purdue icon, College Football Hall of Fame member and two-time consensus All-American Marvin “Leroy” Keyes died this morning (April 15). He was 74.
“Leroy was a two-way player in the way that matters most a great athlete and a great person,” Purdue President Mitch Daniels said. “You never saw him without a smile on his face, or left him without a smile on your own. Every Boilermaker lost a good friend today.”
A megastar for the Boilermakers from 1966 to 1968, Keyes remains the only two-time consensus All-American in school history. He finished third and second in balloting for the Heisman Trophy as a halfback his junior and senior seasons.