Lenny Moore Leonard Edward Moore ( born November 25 , 1933 , in Reading , Pennsylvania ) is a former American football halfback who played for Penn State in college and the Baltimore Colts . He came to the Colts in 1956 , and had a productive first pro season and was named the NFL Rookie of The Year . He is the great uncle of retired NBA player Donyell Marshall . In His Prime . Moore was both a great runner and receiver . He lined up both in the backfield as a halfback and split wide as a flanker , and was equally dangerous at both positions in the offense engineered by quarterback Johnny Unitas . Moore averaged at least 7 . 0 yards a carry in several seasons . He made 40 receptions for 687 yards and seven touchdowns in 1957 , the first of five straight years in which he would have 40 or more catches . In 1958 , he caught a career - high 50 passes for 938 yards and seven touchdowns in helping the Colts win the NFL championship . Then in 1959 , Moore had 47 receptions for 846 yards and six TDs as the Colts repeated as champions . Nicknames . Moore was tagged with a number of nicknames : " Sputnik , " for the fear he incited in opposing defenses ; " The Reading Rambler " and " Lightning Lenny , " for his unmatched speed ; and " Spats , " for the way he taped his high - top shoes , making them look like low - tops . 1964 . After being injured in the 1962 season and losing his starting job , Moore had one of his best statistical seasons in 1964 when he scored 20 touchdowns , and helped lead the Colts to a 12 - 2 regular - season record and a trip to the NFL championship game for the third time in seven seasons . Moore scored a touchdown in an NFL - record 18 consecutive appearances starting in 1963 and continuing through the entire 1964 season , ending in 1965 . This record stood for 40 years until being equaled by LaDainian Tomlinson in 2005 . Because his streak was interrupted by a five - game absence due to injury in 1963 , he does not hold the NFL ' s official record for consecutive " games " rushing for a touchdown . Race and football . Moore occasionally speaks to student groups about his experiences as a black football player during an era when , in the words of Baltimore Sun sportswriter Rick Maese , " Moore could travel with his teammates but couldn ' t always eat in the same restaurant , couldn ' t always stay at the same hotel , couldn ' t always fraternize with them the same way out of the locker room as he had in it . " " There was never anybody ever closer than me and the guys that I played football with on that Baltimore team - - on the field , " Moore told the Sun . " We were just like glue . One for all , all for one . " But " once they blew the whistle and the game was over , they ( the white players ) went their way , we ( the black players ) went our way . We split . It was race . " Teammate Ollie Matson mentored Moore and warned him that " ' they ' re going to call you the big N . You ' re going to hear it all . So don ' t get yourself all worked up , because it ' s going to happen . ' " Legacy . Moore retired after the 1967 season . His uniform number 24 was retired by Baltimore , and in 1969 a sportswriters ' poll named him to the NFL ' s 50th Anniversary Team . In 1975 , he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame . In 1999 , Moore was ranked number 71 on " The Sporting News " ' list of the 100 Greatest Football Players . He is also the only player to have at least 40 receiving touchdowns and 40 rushing touchdowns . Football Outsiders , in their book " Pro Football Prospectus 2007 " , named 6 of his seasons among the top 500 running back seasons of all time , which was tied for the 5th most seasons among the top 500 of any player . Moore ' s retired number is honored along with all of the other Baltimore Colts retired numbers in M & T Bank Stadium in Baltimore , home of the Baltimore Ravens . On January 19 , 2008 , Moore was inducted into the East - West Shrine Game Hall of Fame class . Moore was an honorary captain for Penn State ' s game versus Syracuse on September 12 , 2009 . It was the first time a former Penn State player has been invited to participate in the pre - game coin toss . Lenny Moore is a member of The Pigskin Club of Washington , D . C . National Intercollegiate All - American Football Players Honor Roll .