John J. Kelley
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Sport:
Track & Field |
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Year
Graduated: 1956 |
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Year
Inducted: 1960 |
John Kelley, a Pan American and United States marathon champion,
joined his former track coach Doug Raymond in 1960 as a member
of the Hall of Fame.
While at B.U., Kelley developed into one of the country's
top distance runners and won both the New England and IC4A
cross country titles. In 1953 Kelley placed fifth in the Boston
Marathon and came in seventh the following year, his senior
season at B.U..
An All-American distance runner at Bulkeley High School in
New London, Conn., Kelley competed in the 1956 Olympics in
Melbourne and in 1957 became the first American runner in
a dozen years to win the Boston Marathon. He did it in a new
record clocking of 2 hours, 13 minutes, 17 seconds. He has
placed second in the Marathon three times.
