Lem Harkey | |
Position1: | Fullback |
Birth Date: | 7 January 1934 |
Birth Place: | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. |
Death Place: | San Antonio, Texas, U.S. |
Number: | 32 |
College: | College of Emporia |
High School: | Douglass High School (Oklahoma City) |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lbs: | 205 |
Nfldraftedyear: | 1955 |
Nfldraftedround: | 6 |
Nfldraftedpick: | 66 |
Nfldraftedteam: | Pittsburgh Steelers |
Playing Years1: | 1955 |
Playing Team1: | San Francisco 49ers |
Lem Harkey Jr. (January 7, 1934 - July 3, 2004) was an American football fullback. He played for San Francisco 49ers in 1955. He played college football for the College of Emporia Fighting Presbies in Emporia, Kansas.[1]
In college, Harkey was all-conference and all-American at College of Emporia as a fullback and averaged 8.2 yards per carry through all his college years. In 1953, his senior year, he led the nation with 168 yards per game.[2]