PITTSBURGH — Jim Kelly and Terry Henry started out together as quarterback and head coach at East Brady High School in the 1970s.

Saturday, they stood together again, not with shoulder pads or a clipboard, but as men awaiting induction into the Football Hall of Fame.

Kelly was inducted into the Ray Mansfield Memorial Hall of Fame and Henry into the Football Coaches Hall of Fame at the Heinz History Center.

“Any time that they associate Terry Henry with me, it always puts a smile on my face, because I know where I came from and I know how I was brought up,” Kelly said. “And I know the man that started my career off on the right foot and that was this gentleman here to my left (Henry).”

Henry returned the compliment.

“If I’ve intermingled with a hall of famer, it means we’ve had success in our program, so that’s part of the deal that Jim was so successful his whole career, from East Brady to Miami to Houston to Buffalo, and I’ve been included along the way,” Henry said. “It’s made it quite nice for me.”

Both men have prestigious resumes. Kelly, born in Pittsburgh and raised in East Brady, was an all-state quarterback with a career 3,915 yards passing and 44 touchdowns. At the University of Miami, he posted a 63 percent completion rate and threw for 5,233 and 33 touchdowns.

After a two-year stint in the USFL in which he was once named MVP, Kelly joined the NFL’s Buffalo Bills and led them to the Super Bowl in four straight seasons. In 2002, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Henry went 69-16-3 as East Brady’s football coach, reaching the Little Twelve title game seven times in his nine years there. He turned around a struggling Seneca Valley football program, amassing a record of 74-48-2, making the WPIAL playoffs three times and reaching the finals once. Henry was named the Coach of the Year in 1989 and 1995.

Of that excellence in coaching, what rubbed off most on Jim Kelly was Henry’s emphasis on work ethic.

“Terry taught me many years ago that if I wanted it I was going to have to work at it,” he said. “Just like my father, Terry told me there’s always going to be somebody better than you, but your work ethic and how hard you work at your trade is going to separate you from the other kids.”

Henry knew Kelly was good, but he didn’t know how good.

“I don’t think you really know as a coach,” he said. “I coached for 24 years. You know that they can go to the next level. We always knew that Jim could play at the next level.”

Former Steelers linebacker Andy Russell, who was on Super Bowl-winning Steelers teams of 1974 and 1975, presented Kelly at the ceremony.

“I have a great deal of respect for him and what he accomplished as a player,” Russell said. “It was an easy thing to say yes to.”

As the award was named after the late Steelers center Ray Mansfield, Russell’s former teammate and friend, that was added incentive.

“I wanted to talk about the man who won this trophy of Ray’s because Ray would really enjoy this,” Russell said.

The Ray Mansfield Memorial Hall of Fame is for outstanding athletes who have also been active in youth and community service.

Kelly, a cancer survivor, helps promote charitable organizations, including Hunter’s Hope.

“When people come up to me and tell me what an inspiration I’ve been to them, I want people to understand that makes me want to go on and keep fighting,” Kelly said in his speech.

Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee and former San Francisco 49ers safety Ronnie Lott, who was at the ceremony to present another inductee, briefly spoke about Kelly. Lott says he wears a band that reads “exhaust every moment.”

“I want you to think about that,” Lott said. “Have you exhausted every moment? I know Jim has.”

The Football Hall of Fame was established in 1981 as the Minor Pro Football Hall of Fame. It was a way to honor semi-pro football players. However, some of the semi-pro players honored also have had professional careers. In addition to the Ray Mansfield Memorial Hall of Fame and the Football Coaches Hall of Fame, the Football Hall of Fame has gone on to add branches including the Leather Helmet Hall of Fame and the Campbell Courage Hall of Fame.

It is located at the Heinz History Center and Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum.