DEAN KELLEY
KELLEY, MELVIN DEAN
Hometown: McCune, KS (McCune HS) (Brother of Al Kelley '54 and Larry Kelley '58)
Born: 9/23/1931
| CATEGORY | TOTAL | 1951 | 1952 | 52 Olympics | 1953 | |
| YEAR | So. | Jr. | Sr. | |||
| POSITION | G | G | G | G | ||
| HEIGHT | 5'11 | 5'11 | 5'11 | |||
| WEIGHT | 165 | 165 | 170 | |||
| JERSEY | ||||||
| Games Played/Started | 74/ | 18 | 28 | 3 | 25 | |
| Points | 459 | 14 | 167 | 36 | 242 | |
| Per Game | 6.2 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 9.7 | |
| Rebounds | ||||||
| Per Game | ||||||
| FG: Attempts | ||||||
| Made | 165 | 7 | 77 | 81 | ||
| Percent | ||||||
| FT: Attempts | 200 | 4 | 81 | 115 | ||
| Made | 129 | 0 | 49 | 80 | ||
| Percent | 64.5 | 0.0 | 60.5 | 69.6 | ||
| Production Points/Game | ||||||
| Production Points/Minute |
1951: Lettered
1952: Lettered, Starter
1953: Lettered, Starter, Captain
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Pro career: |
1951-53 |
Round drafted: 8 |
Fort Wayne Pistons |
Played several years for the Peoria Caterpillars
Greater Peoria Sports Hall of Fame
Guard Dean Kelley (Kansas'52 and '53) is the only player to have season scoring averages of fewer than 10 points per game in back-to-back years when he was named to the All-NCAA Tournament team. He and fellow guard Allen Kelley are the only set of brothers to play together in two NCAA playoff title games.
Died 1/13/1996