John Kelly (racewalker) explained

John Kelly
Nationality:Irish
Sport:Athletics
Event:Racewalking, Marathon
Club:Amateur Athletic Union, Southern California Striders, Santa Monica Track Club
Birth Date:6 December 1929
Birth Place:Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Death Place:Prescott, Arizona
Height:189cm (74inches)

John Kelly (6 December 1929  - 13 November 2012) was an Irish racewalker, marathon runner, and actor. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

John Kelly was born in Loughmore, a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2]

Kelly won the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon, finishing the race in a time of 2:37:23 during a snowstorm.[3]

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was a member of various track and field athletics clubs, including the Amateur Athletic Union, Southern California Striders and the Santa Monica Track Club.[4]

In the 1970s Kelly became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and appears briefly in the musical film Star!, starring Julie Andrews and Richard Crenna.[5] In September 1973, he was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[6] [7]

Notes and References

  1. John Kelly Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418080938/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/john-kelly-2.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 9 December 2017.
  2. Web site: John & Kati Kelly . 2022-10-31 . www.loughmorens.ie . en.
  3. Web site: Olympedia – John Kelly . 2022-10-31 . www.olympedia.org.
  4. Web site: O'Dwyer . Michael . 02/16/2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221031161957/http://www.tipperaryathletics.com/forms/2020/Tipperary%20Athlete%20--%20John%20Kelly.pdf . 31 October 2022 . Tipperary Star . 31 October 2022 . bot: unknown .
  5. Web site: John & Kati Kelly . 2022-10-31 . www.loughmorens.ie . en.
  6. Web site: John Kelly. IMDB.
  7. Web site: Paley Archive for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson . The Paley Center for Media.