Leon Manley

Leon Manley

No. 90, 66
Positions	Guard, tackle
Personal information
Born	(1926-05-20)May 20, 1926 Hollis, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	March 13, 2010(2010-03-13) (aged 83) Austin, Texas, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	218 lb (99 kg)
Career information
High school	Hollis
College	Oklahoma (1946–1949)
NFL draft	1950 (7th round, 82nd overall pick)
Career history
Playing
Green Bay Packers (1950–1951) Edmonton Eskimos (1953–1954)
Coaching
McAlester HS (OK) (1953) Head coach Northeast Louisiana State (1954-1956) Line Colgate (1957-1958) Line Northeast Louisiana State (1959-1966) Line Texas (1966-1974) Offensive line Wyoming (1975-1976) Offensive line Texas (1977-1980) Offensive coordinator
Awards and highlights
Grey Cup champion (1954) CFL All-Star (1953) Second-team All-Big Seven (1949)
Career NFL statistics
Games played 24 Games started 12 Stats at Pro Football Reference

Willie Leon Manley (May 20, 1926 – March 13, 2010) was an American professional football player and coach. He was born in Hollis, Oklahoma. He lettered for three seasons as guard at the University of Oklahoma from 1947 to 1949. He was selected in the 1950 NFL draft by the Green Bay Packers and was on their roster in 1950 and 1951. Later from 1953 to '54 he played for the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Interprovincial Football Union. After his playing career was through Manley pursued a coaching career and was a longtime assistant under Darrell Royal at Texas, first as offensive line coach and later succeeding Don Breaux as offensive coordinator. Royal was Manley's childhood friend and later a high school and college teammate.

Manley died in March 2010 in Austin, Texas.