Len Ford

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Len Ford
Date of birth:	February 18, 1926(1926-02-18)
Place of birth:	Washington, D.C., United States
Date of death:	March 14, 1972 (age 46)
Career information
Position(s):	DE
College:	Michigan
Organizations
As player:
1948-1949 1950-1957 1958	Los Angeles Dons Cleveland Browns Green Bay Packers
Career highlights and Awards
Pro Bowls:	1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
Honors:	NFL 1950s All-Decade Team
Stats at DatabaseFootball.com
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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University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor

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Michigan Wolverines football

All Time Record

868–286–36 (.745)

Key Personnel

Head Coach: Rich Rodriguez • Offensive Coordinator: Calvin Magee • Defensive Coordinator: Scott Shafer

Playing Fields

Ann Arbor Fairgrounds • Regents Field • Ferry Field • Michigan Stadium

Rivalries

Ohio State • Michigan State • Notre Dame • Minnesota-Little Brown Jug • Bowl Game History

Head Coaches

Murphy • Crawford • Barbour • McCauley • Ward • Ferbert • Lea • Yost • Little • Wieman • Kipke • Crisler • Oosterbaan • Elliott • Schembechler • Moeller • Carr • Rodriguez

All-Time leaders

Receiving • Passing • Rushing • Hall of Honor • All-Americans • Team MVPs • Hall of Famers • Heisman Trophy

Retired Numbers

#11 Al Wistert, Alvin Wistert, and W. Wistert • #47 Oosterbaan #48 G. Ford • #87 Kramer • #98 Harmon

Important Figures (1898-1968)

Barr • Benbrook • Bernard • Blott • Chappuis • Clancy • Craig • Crisler • Cunningham • Daley • Derricotte • Detwiler • Dworsky • B. Elliott • P. Elliott • Evashevski • G. Ford • L. Ford • Franks • Friedman • Goebel • Harmon • Heikkinen • Heston • Hewitt • Hirsch • Johnson • Kipke • Kramer • Keating • Lund • Mack • Madar • Maulbetsch • Newman • Oosterbaan • Pace • Pommerening • Pontius • Pregulman • Rifenburg • Schulz • Snow • Timberlake • Volk • Westfall • Wieman • W. Wistert • Al Wistert • Alvin Wistert • Yearby • Yost • Zatkoff

Important Figures (1969-1989)

Anderson • Becker • Bell • Boles • Bostic • Brown • Canham • Carter • Cochran • Curtis • Darden • Dierdorf • Dixon • Donahue • Downing • Dufek • J. Elliott • Franklin • Gallagher • Greer • Hammerstein • Harbaugh • Hicks • Humphries • Kenn • Leach • Lilja • Logan • Lytle • Mallory • Mandich • McKenzie • Messner • Morris • Muransky • O'Neal • Owens • Paris • Rivers • Schembechler • Seymour • Simpkins • Smith • B. Taylor • M. Taylor • Ufer • Vitale • Welborne • Woolfolk

Important Figures (1990-2008)

Alexander • Anderson • Arrington • Askew • Avant • Baas • Backus • Biakabutuka • Brady • Branch • Breaston • Bunch • Cocozzo • Collins • Edwards • Foote • Gold • Grbac • Griese • L. Hall • Harris • Hart • Hayes • Henne • Hobson • Horn • Howard • S. Hutchinson • Irons • Jackson • Jansen • D. Jones • Joppru • June • Law • Long • Manningham • Navarre • Payne • Perry • Powers • Renes • Runyan • Shazor • Skrepenak • Steele • Streets • Sword • Terrell • Thomas • Toomer • Tuman • Vaughn • Vitale • Walker • Wheatley • Woodley • Woodson

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Cleveland Browns 1950 NFL Champions

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Cleveland Browns 1954 NFL Champions

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Cleveland Browns 1955 NFL Champions

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National Football League | NFL's 1950s All-Decade Team

v • d • e Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 1976

Ray Flaherty • Len Ford • Jim Taylor

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Green Bay Packers Hall of Famers

Herb Adderley • Tony Canadeo • Willie Davis • Len Ford • Forrest Gregg • Ted Hendricks • Arnie Herber • Clarke Hinkle • Paul Hornung • Cal Hubbard • Don Hutson • Henry Jordan • Walt Kiesling • Curly Lambeau • James Lofton • Vince Lombardi • John McNally • Mike Michalske • Ray Nitschke • Jim Ringo • Bart Starr • Jan Stenerud • Jim Taylor • Emlen Tunnell • Reggie White • Willie Wood

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