Misplaced Pages

William Michael Kellagher (August 13, 1920 – May 11, 2003) was an American professional football fullback and safety who played for the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference (AAFC).

Kellagher played for the Rockets from 1946 to 1948. In 1947, along with Tommy Colella and Len Eshmont, Kellagher co-led the AAFC with 6 interceptions. Also in 1947, Kellagher ended Cleveland Browns quarterback Otto Graham's streak of 91 consecutive pass attempts without an interception, a professional football record at the time.

References

1. "Bill Kellagher NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference. Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
2. "NFL Year-by-Year Interceptions Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference. Sports-Reference. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
3. Sauerbrei, Harold (September 26, 1947). "Browns Nail 4th Straight, 41-21". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.

This biographical article relating to an American football running back born in the 1920s is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• 1920 births
• 2003 deaths
• American football fullbacks
• American football safeties
• Chicago Rockets players
• Fordham Rams football players
• Players of American football from Pennsylvania
• 20th-century American sportsmen
• American football running back, 1920s birth stubs