Jim Kelly, Terry Henry inducted at Heinz History Center
Jim Kelly and Terry Henry started out together as quarterback and head coach at little 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," Kelly said.
Henry returned the compliment.
“If I've intermingled with a hall of famer it means we've had success in our program," he said.
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 and 44 touchdowns. Kelly led 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.
