Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly, CM (born 9 July 1927 in Port Dover, Ontario) is a Canadian former hockey player in the NHL. Kelly grew up listening to Foster Hewitt's broadcasts of the Toronto Maple Leafs, and was particularly inspired by the style of their hard-charging defenceman, Red Horner. However, while playing junior hockey for the St. Michael's Majors, he was encouraged to refine his style by his coach, former Leaf great Joe Primeau. Wikipedia
Red Kelly was a unique player - versatile and talented enough to be one of the National Hockey League's best-ever defensemen early in his career and a high-scoring center at the end. www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsM...
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Red Kelly. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Kelly
The Red Wings put Kelly's skill to immediate use as a defenseman and even played him at left wing when injury demanded it or added muscle was needed on offense. Kelly's puck-carrying ability opened the scoring lanes by providing a fast-paced transition g www.redwingalumni.com/legendKelly.jsp
