John Kelly (racewalker)

John Kelly
Personal information
Nationality	Irish
Born	6 December 1929; Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland
Died	13 November 2012 (aged 82); Prescott, Arizona
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Racewalking, Marathon
Club	Amateur Athletic Union, Southern California Striders, Santa Monica Track Club

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 1970's 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 of 1973, he was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Kelly Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
^ "John & Kati Kelly". www.loughmorens.ie. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "Olympedia – John Kelly". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ O'Dwyer, Michael. "02/16/2012" (PDF). Tipperary Star. Archived from the original on 31 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ "John & Kati Kelly". www.loughmorens.ie. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
^ "John Kelly". IMDB.
^ "Paley Archive for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson". The Paley Center for Media.

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