{{Short description|American football player and coach (1888–1962)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Leon Exelby | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|4|5}} | birth_place = Britton, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date|1962|9|29}} | death_place = Owosso, Michigan, U.S. | alma_mater = | player_sport1 = Football | player_years2 = 1907–1910 | player_team2 = Michigan Agricultural | player_positions = Fullback | coach_sport1 = Football | coach_years2 = 1912 | coach_team2 = Wyoming | coach_sport3 = Basketball | coach_years4 = 1912–1913 | coach_team4 = Wyoming | admin_years1 = | admin_team1 = | overall_record = 2–7 (football)<br>2–5 (basketball) | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Leon C.''' "'''Ex'''" '''Exelby''' (April 5, 1888 – September 29, 1962) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He played college football at Michigan Agricultural College—now known as Michigan State University—from 1907 to 1910. He was captain of the 1910 Michigan Agricultural team. Playing as a fullback, he was selected by Walter Eckersall to the 1910 All-Western college football team.<ref>{{cite news|title=All Western Team Picked|author=Walter H. Eckersall|author-link=Walter Eckersall|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=November 27, 1910|url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1910/11/27/page/25/article/all-western-team-picked}}</ref> Exelby served as the head football coach at the University of Wyoming for one season in 1912, compiling a record of 2–7. He was also Wyoming's head basketball coach that academic year, 1912–13, tallying a mark of 2–5.
In 1935, Exelby was in charge of the Resettlement Administration in Shiawassee County, Michigan.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=From M.S.C. to FRA |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/188059341/ |newspaper=Detroit Free Press |location=Detroit, Michigan |date=May 30, 1937 |page=10 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref> He died of a heart attack, on September 29, 1962, in Owosso, Michigan.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Famous 'S' Gridder Is Buried |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lansing-state-journal-obituary-for-leon/188059078/ |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |location=Lansing, Michigan |date=October 1, 1962 |page=C1 |access-date=January 3, 2026 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Alderton |first=George S. |title=The Sports Grist (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32730593/lansing_state_journal/ |newspaper=Lansing State Journal |location=Lansing, Michigan |date=October 3, 1962 |page=E-4 |access-date=June 10, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}</ref>
==Head coaching record== ===Football=== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Wyoming Cowboys | conf = Rocky Mountain Conference | startyear = 1912 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = 1912 | name = Wyoming | overall = 2–7 | conference = 0–5 | confstanding = 7th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Wyoming | overall = 2–7 | confrecord = 0–5 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 2–7 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Exelby, Leon}} Category:1888 births Category:1962 deaths Category:American football fullbacks Category:Michigan State Spartans football players Category:Wyoming Cowboys basketball coaches Category:Wyoming Cowboys football coaches Category:Sportspeople from Lenawee County, Michigan Category:Coaches of American football from Michigan Category:Players of American football from Michigan Category:Basketball coaches from Michigan