Hall of Fame professional football player. He played at the end position for the Cleveland Browns from 1946 to 1952. In his youth, he was diagnosed with Perthes disease, which caused his left leg to be shorter and smaller than his right leg. After spending several years wearing a leg brace, Speedie eschewed the equipment and became a star athlete on his high school football team in Salt Lake City, Utah. His success continued on the University of Utah's football squad, and in 1942 he was drafted by the National Football League's Detroit Lions. Instead of playing in Detroit, Speedie enlisted in the Armed Forces and spent World War II stationed at Fort Warren in Wyoming. In 1946, Speedie signed with the Cleveland Browns of the upstart All-America Football Conference for $7,000. In his and the Browns' first season, Speedie caught 24 receptions and scored 7 touchdowns as a left end. His production swelled over the next three seasons -- in each, he led the conference in receptions. Twice, in 1947 and 1949, he led the AAFC in receiving yards. With Speedie on their roster, the Browns won all four AAFC Championships before the conference ceased operations in 1949. The Browns joined the National Football League in 1950, and in that season Speedie and the Browns won their fifth consecutive organizational championship. In the NFL, Speedie continued to post respectable receiving statistics in a rushing-heavy era. In his last NFL season, 1952, he led the league in receptions. He finished his Browns tenure with 6 All-Pro selections and 349 receptions -- 33 of which were touchdowns -- for 5,602 yards. In 1953, the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Western Interprovincial Football Union offered to double Speedie's salary of $11,000, and he left Cleveland for Canada. He spent two seasons with the Roughriders and then one game with the BC Lions in 1955 before an injury ended his playing career. Speedie went on to coach several American Football League teams in the 1960s, including 1964 to 1966 as head coach of the Denver Broncos. In 1969, Speedie was named to the 1940s All-Decade Team. He was posthumously elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2020 as part of its centennial class.