Hurricanes great Jim Kelly returns to alma mater for homecoming game vs
CORAL GABLES Jim Kelly, one of the most beloved figures in the history of the Miami Hurricanes and Buffalo Bills, returns patagonia guide pants day1to his alma mater this weekend. Fans are asked to wear green as part of a Kelly Tough green out, in support of Kelly s fight against cancer.
Kelly, 54, was declared cancer free in September, following dozens of radiation treatments and three rounds of chemotherapy to combat cancer in his upper jaw, cheekbone and nasal cavity. Kelly was originally diagnosed with oral cancer in patagonia bivy down vest reviewJune 2013.
He will also serve as gpatagonia guide pants day3rand marshal of UM s homecoming parade, which is Friday, and will speak to the crowd at halftime. UM coach Al Golden said Kelly would be welcome to talk to the team and honored to have him do that, but he will leave that decision to Kpatagonia outlet store reno nvelly.
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Kelly, a UM quarterback from 1979 82, was a key figure in the resurgence of UM. He helped lead the Hurricanes to their first bowl appearance in 14 yeday best of patagonia tour from el calafate to ushuaiaars (1981 Peach Bowl) and an upset of top ranked Penn State in 1981patagonia outlet store georgia.
He threw for 5,233 yards and 32 touchdowns at UM, starred in the USFL for two season and led the NFL s Buffpatagonia better sweater jacket for womenalo Bills to four consecutive Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s. Hipatagonia chile and argentina best time to travels No. 12 was retired by Buffalo in 2001.
Kelly, a first ballot inductee to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2002, joined the UM Sports Hall of Fame in 1992 and the UM Ring of Honor in 2008.
Kelly and his wife, Jill, devoted much of his post football life to help their son, Hunter, who was diagnosed with globoid cepatagonia guide pants day0ll leukodystrophy (Krabbe disease), an inherited nervous system disorder, shortly after his birth. He died in 2005, at age 8.
The Kellys established a non profit foundation, Hunter s Hope, which later became the Hunter James Kelly Research Institute at the University of Buffalo.
Whether it him being a leader or not afraid to be different, being a pioneer if you will coming to patagonia guide pants daythe University of Miami and setting the stage here, going to the USFL, doing what he did there and going to the Bills, Golden said. And now as he tackles his next challenge [cancer] he done it with courage, integrity, dpatagonia mens jacket for saleignity and class.
