Len Ford
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| Len Ford | |
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| Date of birth | February 18, 1926 |
| Place of birth |  Washington, D.C. |
| Date of death | March 14, 1972 |
| Position(s) | Defensive End |
| College | Michigan |
| Career Highlights | |
| Pro Bowls | 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 |
| Honors | NFL 1950s All-Decade Team |
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| Team(s) | |
| 1948-1949 1950-1957 1958 |
Los Angeles Dons Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame, 1976 | |
Leonard Guy Ford, Jr. (February 18, 1926 - March 14, 1972) was an American football defensive end elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1976.
He played two years for the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. When the AAFC disbanded in 1949, only three teams from the league - the Cleveland Browns, San Francisco 49ers, and Baltimore Colts - were merged into the NFL. Ford was selected by the Browns out of a special draft pool created for teamless former AAFC players. In Cleveland, he became a ferocious defensive player for a very strong Browns team that dominated the NFL during the 1950s, playing in five championship games and winning three.
Ford played for the Browns through 1957 and then spent one years with the Green Bay Packers before retiring.
He played college football for one year at Morgan State University before transferring to the University of Michigan.
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