height_ft cflallstar color fontcolor birth_date weight_lbs nfldraftedyear college name playing_years birth_place nfldraftedpick awards playing_teams nfldraftedteam import position nfldraftedround height_in cflwestallstar honors article_title
5 1963 , 1964 , 1965 #c 7cad0 # 000080 1938 195 1960 western michigan lovell coleman 1960 - 1967 1968 1970 hamtramck , michigan 199 1964 cfl mop calgary stampeders ottawa rough riders bc lions cleveland browns no running back 17 10 1963 , 1964 , 1965 1968 - grey cup champion lovell coleman

lovell coleman

lovell coleman -lrb- born 1938 ? -rrb-
is a former running back in the canadian football league .
he was born in hamtramck , michigan .
coleman played his college football with the western michigan university broncos from 1957 to 1959 .
he rushed for 1918 yards , including 1068 in the 1958 season .
his 279 yard game versus central michigan university in 1958 is still a school record .
drafted in 1960 by the cleveland browns of the national football league in the 17th round -lrb- 199th pick -rrb- coleman opted to play in the cfl .
the calgary stampeders would be his home team for 8 seasons , from 1960 to 1967 .
coleman would rush for a 6234 yards over this time , second only to stampeder great earl lunsford .
the highlight of his time in calgary was the 1964 season , when he rushed 260 times for a league leading 1629 yards -lrb- 6.3 average per carry . -rrb-
this won him the cfl 's most outstanding player award .
his 1965 season was nearly as good , rushing 249 times for 1509 yards -lrb- 6.1 average -rrb- but the only other time he led the league was in 1963 , with 1343 yards .
he was an all canadian all star each of these years .
he holds the stamps record for most rushing yards in one game , with 238 against the hamilton tiger-cats on september 15 , 1964 .
he also rushed for 224 yards against the edmonton eskimos on august 18 , 1965 .
coleman would move on in 1968 to the powerhouse ottawa rough riders , where he would win his first and only grey cup .
he finished his career in 1970 playing 16 games for the british columbia lions .
in total , coleman would play 123 regular season and 26 playoff games in 10 seasons , rushing 1135 times for 6566 yards -lrb- 5.8 yard average -rrb- and 42 touchdowns , with his longest run being 85 yards .
he was added to the calgary stampeders wall of fame as # 22 in 1999 .
after his playing career , coleman settled in vancouver and ran a home renovation business for 20 years .
presently he and his wife maureen have retired to a farm in rural british columbia .
