John B. Kelly junior

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John Brendan "Jack" Kelly Jr. (born May 24, 1927 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † March 2, 1985 ibid) was a businessman and sports official . He participated as a rower in four Olympic Games and was awarded the James E. Sullivan Award in 1947 as the best American amateur athlete . He was the son of Olympic gold medalist John B. Kelly senior and the older brother of Grace Kelly .

Life

Kelly's father had built the largest brick factory in Pennsylvania. Kelly Jr. served in the United States Navy during World War II and was deployed close to home in Maryland . After the war he studied at the University of Pennsylvania (BA 1950), where he started for the rowing team. He competed for the American Olympic team at the 1948 Summer Olympics , 1952 Summer Olympics , 1956 Summer Olympics and 1960 Summer Olympics , and won the bronze medal in 1956 . In 1955 he was the winner of the Pan American Games in Mexico City . In 1964 he became the supervisor of the American figure eight , which became Olympic champion . In 1968 he was on the board of the Association for Modern Pentathlon . In 1970 he was elected President of the Amateur Athletic Union . In 1985 he became President of the United States Olympic Committee as he embodied the modern day forces in the AAU. However, he died three weeks later of a heart attack while exercising in the morning. Kelly was posthumously inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame . The Kellys are so far the only ones where father and son have been accepted. Kelly served for twelve years on the Philadelphia City Council for the Democrats .

Awards

  • Diamond Scull, Henley Royal Regatta, 1947 and 1949
  • James E. Sullivan Award winner 1947
  • Member of the US Olympic team in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960
  • Gold Medal, 1955 Pan American Games, One
  • Gold medal, 1959 Pan American Games, second without
  • Bronze Medal, 1956 Olympic Player, One
  • eight times United States Champion, one
  • Inducted into the U.S. Rowing Hall of Fame in 1956
  • Manager for the 1964 Olympic Gold Medal eight man boat
  • President of the United States Olympic Committee.
  • United States Olympic Hall of Fame , as an official
  • City Councilman (Democrat- Philadelphia )
  • Kelly Drive , Philadelphia, City names the former East River Drive after him.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Penn Biographies: John Brenden Kelly Jr. (1927–1985) . archives.upenn.edu .
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  3. ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 17th January 2017
  4. Wendy Leigh : True Grace. The life and times of an american princess. New York: St. Martin's Griffin 2008, p. 220.