Leo Hayden

Leo Hayden
Career information
Date of birth	(1948-06-02) June 2, 1948
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky
Position(s)	Running back
College	Ohio State
NFL draft	1971 / Round: 1 / Pick 24
Career history
As player
1971	Minnesota Vikings
1972–1973	St. Louis Cardinals
Career stats
Playing stats at DatabaseFootball.com

Leophus "Leo" Hayden, Sr. (born June 2, 1948 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a former National Football League running back who played from 1971 to 1973 for the Minnesota Vikings and St. Louis Cardinals. He attended Ohio State and was the Vikings first round draft pick in the 1971 NFL Draft.

After his football career ended, Hayden founded the "National Center for Violence Interruption," a program designed to prevent urban violence. Hayden is currently director of the inmates re-entry program for New Orleans Parish Louisiana.

References

Database Football

1968 Ohio State Buckeyes football—consensus national champions

Doug Adams John Brockington Dave Foley Leo Hayden Bruce Jankowski Rex Kern Rufus Mayes Jim Otis Ted Provost Mike Sensibaugh Jim Stillwagon Jack Tatum Jan White Head coach Woody Hayes Assistant coaches Earle Bruce George Chaump Lou Holtz Rudy Hubbard Bill Mallory Esco Sarkkinen

1970 Ohio State Buckeyes football—NFF national champions

Doug Adams John Brockington Tom Campana Tom DeLeone Leo Hayden John Hicks Rex Kern Glen Mason Mike Sensibaugh Jim Stillwagon Jack Tatum Stan White Head coach Woody Hayes Assistant coaches Earle Bruce George Chaump Rudy Hubbard Dave McClain Esco Sarkkinen

1971 NFL draft first-round selections

Jim Plunkett Archie Manning Dan Pastorini J. D. Hill Richard Harris John Riggins Joe Profit Frank Lewis John Brockington Isiah Robertson Joe Moore Marv Montgomery Leon Burns Clarence Scott Vernon Holland Elmo Wright Norm Thompson Rocky Thompson Jack Tatum Jack Youngblood Bob Bell Don McCauley Tim Anderson Leo Hayden Tody Smith Lenny Dunlap

Minnesota Vikings first-round draft picks

Mason Dunaway Eller Snow Shay Jones G. Washington Page Yary Ward Hayden Siemon Foreman McNeill Riley Mullaney White Kramer Holloway Brown Martin Nelson Browner Millard Doleman Robinson Dozier McDaniel R. Smith D. Washington Steussie Alexander Stringer Clemons Rudd Moss Culpepper Underwood Hovan Bennett McKinnie Williams Udeze Williamson James Greenway Peterson Harvin Ponder Kalil H. Smith Floyd Rhodes Patterson Barr Bridgewater Waynes

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Minnesota Vikings 1971 NFL draft selections

Leo Hayden Eddie Hackett Vince Clements Gene Mack John Farley Tim Sullivan Chris Morris Mike Walker Reggie Holmes Benny Fry Jim Gallagher Jeff Wright Greg Edmonds Ken Duncan

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