Lenny Moore

Leonard Edward Moore, born November 25, 1933, in Reading, Pennsylvania, was an American professional football player who played halfback and flanker for the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League from 1956 to 1967. He attended Reading Senior High School, where his athleticism earned him the nicknames "The Reading Rocket," "The Reading Rambler," "Lightning Lenny," and "Spats," the last for the way he taped his high-top shoes to make them resemble low-tops, an early instance of exposed tapings worn outside the shoe. He went on to play college football for the Penn State Nittany Lions.

In the mid-1950s, Moore was among the first wave of multi-purpose game-breakers in the modern era of professional football. Whether lined up at halfback, flanker, or kick returner, he created matchup problems for defenses with his moves, instincts, sure hands, and combination of burst and straight-away speed.

Moore was selected NFL Rookie of the Year in 1956 and NFL Most Valuable Player in 1964, and he was named to the Pro Bowl seven times. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1975.