Leonard Coleman

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Not to be confused with Leonard S. Coleman, Jr..

Leonard Coleman
Career information
Date of birth:	(1962-01-30) January 30, 1962
Place of birth:	Boynton Beach, FL
Position(s):	CB
College:	Vanderbilt
NFL Draft:	1984 / Round: 1 / Pick: 8
Organizations
As player:
1984-1987 1988-1989	Indianapolis Colts San Diego Chargers
Career stats
Playing stats at NFL.com

Leonard Coleman (born January 30, 1962) is a former American football player who played cornerback in the National Football League for the Indianapolis Colts and San Diego Chargers from 1985 to 1989.^[1] He played college football at Vanderbilt University and was drafted by the Colts in the first round of the 1984 NFL Draft, the first player drafted by the team following its relocation from Baltimore.^[2]

Coleman sat out the 1984 NFL season because of a contract dispute,^[3]^[4] instead signing a deal with the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League and completing his degree at Vanderbilt.^[5] Early in the 1985 season, however, Coleman joined the Colts after the club bought out his contract with Memphis.^[6] He started all 16 games for Indianapolis in 1986,^[1] but played in only four games in 1987.^[1] Coleman was traded to the Chargers for an undisclosed draft pick on July 9, 1988,^[7] playing 16 games in 1988 and one in 1989^[1] before being waived on September 12, 1989.^[8]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Palmer, Pete; Pullis, Ken; Lahman, Sean; Silverman, Matthew; Gillette, Gary. The ESPN Pro Football Encyclopedia: First Edition, p. 148. ESPN Books, 2006. ISBN 978-1-4027-4216-3.
↑ Palmer et al., p. 1426.
↑ Lawrence Journal-World. "Colts' top draft pick upset by Irsay remarks". July 4, 1984, p. 11. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.
↑ Marmor, Jon. "Colts' Impasse Pushing Coleman Toward USFL". Palm Beach Post, July 27, 1984, pp. D1, D3. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.
↑ Snook, Jeff. "Coleman Has Money, Pride; Degree Next". Palm Beach Post, December 5, 1984, pp. D1, D3. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.
↑ Palm Beach Post. "Colts Acquire Coleman". September 19, 1985, p. D9. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.
↑ Bowling Green Daily News. "Transactions". July 10, 1988, p. 20-A. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.
↑ Sarasota Herald-Tribune. "Transactions: Tuesday's Moves". September 13, 1989, p. 2C. Retrieved on June 13, 2013.

v t e 1984 NFL Draft First Round Selections

Irving Fryar Dean Steinkuhler Carl Banks Kenny Jackson Bill Maas Mossy Cade Ricky Hunley Leonard Coleman Rick Bryan Russell Carter Wilber Marshall Alphonso Carreker Keith Millard Jackie Shipp Ron Faurot Pete Koch Clyde Duncan Don Rogers Ron Solt David Lewis John Alt Terry Taylor Louis Lipps Todd Shell Billy Cannon, Jr. Greg Bell William Roberts Brian Blados

Draft years 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

v t e Indianapolis Colts 1984 NFL Draft selections

Leonard Coleman Ron Solt Blaise Winter Chris Scott Craig Curry George Wonsley Golden Tate Kevin Call Dwight Beverly Eugene Daniel Bob Stowe Steve Hathaway

v t e Baltimore / Indianapolis Colts first-round draft picks

Vessels Davidson Shaw Ameche Moore Parker Lyles Burkett Mix Matte Harris Vogel Woodson Curtis Ball Smith Detwiler Williams Hinton Bulaich McCauley Dunlap Drougas Jones Ehrmann Dutton Carr Huff Novak Burke McCall Krauss Dickey Hatchett McMillan Thompson Cooks Schlichter Elway Coleman Solt Bickett Hand Bennett Rison George Emtman Coryatt Dawkins Faulk Alberts Ellis Johnson Harrison Glenn Manning James Morris Wayne Freeney Clark Jackson Addai Gonzalez Brown Hughes Castonzo Luck Werner

AFC East BUF MIA NE NYJ North BAL CIN CLE PIT South HOU IND JAX TEN West DEN KC OAK SD NFC East DAL NYG PHI WAS North CHI DET GB MIN South ATL CAR NO TB West ARI STL SF SEA

Persondata
Name	Coleman, Leonard
Alternative names
Short description	American football player
Date of birth	1962-01-30
Place of birth	Boynton Beach, FL
Date of death
Place of death

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