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{{Short description|American football player and sports coach}}
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| birth_place = [[Du Quoin, Illinois]], U.S.
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'''Thomas Kelley''' (born c. 1888) was an [[American football]] player and coach of football and [[basketball]]. He served as the head football coach at [[Muhlenberg College]] (1911–1913), the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now the [[Missouri University of Science and Technology]] (1914), the [[University of Alabama]] {{nowrap|(1915–1917),}} the [[University of Idaho]] {{nowrap|(1920–1921),}} and the [[University of Missouri]] (1922), compiling a career [[college football]] coaching record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|56|24|3|record=y}}.}} Kelley was also the head basketball coach at Muhlenberg from 1912 to 1914 and Alabama for the 1916–17 season, tallying a career [[college basketball]] record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|18|23|record=y}}.}} In addition, he served as the [[athletic director]] at [[Idaho Vandals#Athletic directors|Idaho]] from 1920 to 1922.
'''Thomas Kelley''' (born c. 1888) was an American [[college football]] player and coach, [[college basketball]] coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at [[Muhlenberg College]] from 1911t o 1913, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the [[Missouri University of Science and Technology]]—in 1914, the [[University of Alabama]] from 1915 to 1917, the [[University of Idaho]] from 1920 to 1921, and the [[University of Missouri]] in 1922, compiling a career college football head coaching coaching record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|56|24|3|record=y}}.}} Kelley was also the head basketball coach at Muhlenberg from 1912 to 1914 and Alabama for the 1916–17 season, tallying a career college basketball record of {{nowrap|{{winning percentage|18|23|record=y}}.}} In addition, he served as the [[athletic director]] at Alabama in 1915 and Idaho from 1920 to 1922.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
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==Coaching career==
==Coaching career==
In [[1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1915 at Alabama]], Kelley coached only the first half of season (4–0) before he came down with [[typhoid fever]]. [[Athletic director]] [[B. L. Noojin]] and former Alabama [[quarterback]] [[Farley Moody]] took over the head coaching duties for the remaining four games of the season.<ref>Groom 2000, p. 26.</ref> The 2–2 mark achieved in Kelly's absence is still credited to his record at Alabama {{nowrap|of {{winning percentage|17|7|1|record=y}}.}}
In [[1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|1915 at Alabama]], Kelley coached only the first half of season (4–0) before he came down with [[typhoid fever]]. [[Athletic director]] [[B. L. Noojin]] and former Alabama [[quarterback]] [[Farley Moody]] took over the head coaching duties for the remaining four games of the season.<ref>Groom 2000, p. 26.</ref> The 2–2 mark achieved in Kelly's absence is still credited to his record at Alabama {{nowrap|of {{winning percentage|17|7|1|record=y}}.}}


Kelley served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in [[World War I]] and returned to coaching as an assistant at Missouri in 1919.<ref name=ydvmiz>{{cite news |title=Kelly to coach Missouri squad |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gc1JAAAAIBAJ&pg=1527,6087925|newspaper= Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio)|date=June 28, 1922 |page=8}}</ref> He moved west in March [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|1920]] and accepted the dual position of athletic director and head football coach at [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]];<ref name=newcoui>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1260/filename/ARG-1920-03-02.pdf?_ga=2.63175279.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Thomas Kelley is new coach |date=March 2, 1920 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=brfic>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LeJVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5770%2C6068961 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Big reception for Idaho coach |date=May 7, 1920 |page=17}}</ref><ref name=wldappl>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1267/filename/ARG-1920-05-11.pdf?_ga=2.134298929.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Wild applause greets Kelley |date=May 11, 1920 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=gom20fb>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1922/114 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains 1922, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Football: 1920 season |date=April 1921 |page=108}}</ref> under his leadership the [[Idaho Vandals|Vandals]] were admitted to the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] {{nowrap|in 1922.<ref name=confthndl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cwpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6138%2C8722435 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Conference to handle east-west games in future; Idaho admitted |date=December 11, 1921 |page=1, sports}}</ref><ref name=srmiz>{{cite news |title=Kelley quits as coach of Idaho |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lPBVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4203%2C5373555|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|date=June 9, 1922 |page=14}}</ref>}} In addition to his duties at the university, he was also the state's [[boxing]] commissioner.<ref name=labst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMdXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6174%2C5587664 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Kelley looks at battle site |date=June 9, 1921 |page=20}}</ref> After two years in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]],<ref name=tkinewc>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1500/filename/ARG-1922-06-07.pdf?_ga=2.135487089.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Thomas Kelley is new coach |date=March 2, 1920 |page=1}}</ref> Kelley accepted the position of head football coach at Missouri in June 1922 at a salary of [[United States dollar|$]]4,500 per year,<ref name=sdcmiz/> but resigned prior to the completion of his first season.<ref name=csmmiz>{{cite news |title=Missouri coach has resigned position |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/299719342.html?dids=299719342:299719342&FMT=ABS& |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |date=November 16, 1922 |page=12 |access-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=tkresmc>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1527/filename/ARG-1922-11-22.pdf?_ga=2.134435377.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049|work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Tom Kelley resigns as Missouri coach |date=November 22, 1922 |page=4}}</ref>
Kelley served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] in [[World War I]] and returned to coaching as an assistant at Missouri in 1919.<ref name=ydvmiz>{{cite news |title=Kelly to coach Missouri squad |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Gc1JAAAAIBAJ&pg=1527,6087925|newspaper= Youngstown Vindicator |location=(Ohio)|date=June 28, 1922 |page=8}}</ref> He moved west in March [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|1920]] and accepted the dual position of athletic director and head football coach at [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]];<ref name=newcoui>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1260/filename/ARG-1920-03-02.pdf?_ga=2.63175279.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Thomas Kelley is new coach |date=March 2, 1920 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=brfic>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LeJVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5770%2C6068961 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Big reception for Idaho coach |date=May 7, 1920 |page=17}}</ref><ref name=wldappl>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1267/filename/ARG-1920-05-11.pdf?_ga=2.134298929.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Wild applause greets Kelley |date=May 11, 1920 |page=1}}</ref><ref name=gom20fb>{{cite web |url=http://issuu.com/uidahodigital/docs/gem1922/114 |publisher=Gem of the Mountains 1922, University of Idaho yearbook |title=Football: 1920 season |date=April 1921 |page=108}}</ref> under his leadership the [[Idaho Vandals|Vandals]] were admitted to the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] {{nowrap|in 1922.<ref name=confthndl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cwpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6138%2C8722435 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Conference to handle east-west games in future; Idaho admitted |date=December 11, 1921 |page=1, sports}}</ref><ref name=srmiz>{{cite news |title=Kelley quits as coach of Idaho |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lPBVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4203%2C5373555|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|date=June 9, 1922 |page=14}}</ref>}} In addition to his duties at the university, he was also the state's [[boxing]] commissioner.<ref name=labst>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uMdXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6174%2C5587664 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |title=Kelley looks at battle site |date=June 9, 1921 |page=20}}</ref> After two years in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]],<ref name=tkinewc>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1500/filename/ARG-1922-06-07.pdf?_ga=2.135487089.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049 |work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Thomas Kelley is new coach |date=March 2, 1920 |page=1}}</ref> Kelley accepted the position of head football coach at Missouri in June 1922 at a salary of [[United States dollar|$]]4,500 per year,<ref name=sdcmiz/> but resigned prior to the completion of his first season.<ref name=csmmiz>{{cite news |title=Missouri coach has resigned position |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/299719342.html?dids=299719342:299719342&FMT=ABS& |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131151801/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/csmonitor_historic/access/299719342.html?dids=299719342:299719342&FMT=ABS& |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |newspaper=Christian Science Monitor |date=November 16, 1922 |page=12 |access-date=April 22, 2012}}</ref><ref name=tkresmc>{{cite news |url=https://digital.lib.uidaho.edu/utils/getfile/collection/argonaut/id/1527/filename/ARG-1922-11-22.pdf?_ga=2.134435377.1313022302.1602786233-2084800458.1597247049|work=University Argonaut |location=(Moscow, Idaho) |agency=(University of Idaho) |title=Tom Kelley resigns as Missouri coach |date=November 22, 1922 |page=4}}</ref>


Kelley also coached [[college basketball]] for three seasons, two at [[Muhlenberg College]] (1912–14) and one at [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]] {{nowrap|(1916–17),}} with an overall record of {{nowrap|18–23.}}
Kelley also coached [[college basketball]] for three seasons, two at [[Muhlenberg College]] (1912–14) and one at [[Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball|Alabama]] {{nowrap|(1916–17),}} with an overall record of {{nowrap|18–23.}}
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| name = [[1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
| name = [[1915 Alabama Crimson Tide football team|Alabama]]
| overall = 6–2
| overall = 6–2
| conference = 4–1
| conference = 5–0
| confstanding =
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| name = Alabama
| name = Alabama
| overall = 17–7–1
| overall = 17–7–1
| confrecord = 10–5–1
| confrecord = 11–4–1
}}
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
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| name = [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho Vandals]]
| name = [[Idaho Vandals football|Idaho Vandals]]
| conf = Independent
| conf = [[Northwest Conference (1902–1925)|Northwest Conference]]
| startyear = 1920
| startyear = 1920
| endyear = 1921
| endyear = 1921
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| name = [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| name = [[1920 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 4–2
| overall = 4–2
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| conference = 2–2
| confstanding =
| confstanding = 4th
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| name = [[1921 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| name = [[1921 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| overall = 4–3–1
| overall = 4–3–1
| conference =
| conference = 1–2–1
| confstanding =
| confstanding = 5th
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| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
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| name = Idaho
| name = Idaho
| overall = 8–5–1
| overall = 8–5–1
| confrecord =
| confrecord = 3–4–1
}}
}}
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[[Category:Alabama Crimson Tide football coaches]]
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[[Category:Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball coaches]]
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[[Category:American military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Chicago Maroons football players]]
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Latest revision as of 18:10, 4 December 2024

Thomas Kelley
Kelly, c. 1908
Biographical details
Bornc. 1888
Du Quoin, Illinois, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1906, 1908–1909Chicago
Position(s)Tackle
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1911–1913Muhlenberg
1914Missouri Mines
1915–1917Alabama
1919Missouri (assistant)
1920–1921Idaho
1922Missouri
Basketball
1912–1914Muhlenberg
1916–1917Alabama
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1915Alabama
1920–1922Idaho
Head coaching record
Overall56–24–3 (football)
18–23 (basketball)
Accomplishments and honors
Records
Military career
AllegianceUnited States
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1917–1918
Battles / warsWorld War I

Thomas Kelley (born c. 1888) was an American college football player and coach, college basketball coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Muhlenberg College from 1911t o 1913, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy—now known as the Missouri University of Science and Technology—in 1914, the University of Alabama from 1915 to 1917, the University of Idaho from 1920 to 1921, and the University of Missouri in 1922, compiling a career college football head coaching coaching record of 56–24–3 (.693). Kelley was also the head basketball coach at Muhlenberg from 1912 to 1914 and Alabama for the 1916–17 season, tallying a career college basketball record of 18–23 (.439). In addition, he served as the athletic director at Alabama in 1915 and Idaho from 1920 to 1922.

Playing career

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Kelley played college football at the University of Chicago as a tackle for the Maroons under head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg.[1]

Coaching career

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In 1915 at Alabama, Kelley coached only the first half of season (4–0) before he came down with typhoid fever. Athletic director B. L. Noojin and former Alabama quarterback Farley Moody took over the head coaching duties for the remaining four games of the season.[2] The 2–2 mark achieved in Kelly's absence is still credited to his record at Alabama of 17–7–1 (.700).

Kelley served in the U.S. Army in World War I and returned to coaching as an assistant at Missouri in 1919.[3] He moved west in March 1920 and accepted the dual position of athletic director and head football coach at Idaho;[4][5][6][7] under his leadership the Vandals were admitted to the Pacific Coast Conference in 1922.[8][9] In addition to his duties at the university, he was also the state's boxing commissioner.[10] After two years in Moscow,[11] Kelley accepted the position of head football coach at Missouri in June 1922 at a salary of $4,500 per year,[1] but resigned prior to the completion of his first season.[12][13]

Kelley also coached college basketball for three seasons, two at Muhlenberg College (1912–14) and one at Alabama (1916–17), with an overall record of 18–23.

Head coaching record

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Football

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Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Muhlenberg Mules (Independent) (1911–1913)
1911 Muhlenberg 5–4
1912 Muhlenberg 6–3
1913 Muhlenberg 6–2–1
Muhlenberg: 17–9–1
Missouri Mines Miners (Independent) (1914)
1914 Missouri Mines 9–0
Missouri Mines: 9–0
Alabama Crimson Tide (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1915–1917)
1915 Alabama 6–2 5–0
1916 Alabama 6–3 4–3
1917 Alabama 5–2–1 3–1–1
Alabama: 17–7–1 11–4–1
Idaho Vandals (Northwest Conference) (1920–1921)
1920 Idaho 4–2 2–2 4th
1921 Idaho 4–3–1 1–2–1 5th
Idaho: 8–5–1 3–4–1
Missouri Tigers (Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1922)
1922 Missouri 5–3 4–3 4th
Missouri: 5–3 4–3
Total: 56–24–3

References

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  1. ^ a b "Kelley quits as Idaho coach; will go to U. of Missouri". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). June 8, 1922. p. 24.
  2. ^ Groom 2000, p. 26.
  3. ^ "Kelly to coach Missouri squad". Youngstown Vindicator. (Ohio). June 28, 1922. p. 8.
  4. ^ "Thomas Kelley is new coach" (PDF). University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). March 2, 1920. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Big reception for Idaho coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). May 7, 1920. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Wild applause greets Kelley" (PDF). University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). May 11, 1920. p. 1.
  7. ^ "Football: 1920 season". Gem of the Mountains 1922, University of Idaho yearbook. April 1921. p. 108.
  8. ^ "Conference to handle east-west games in future; Idaho admitted". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 11, 1921. p. 1, sports.
  9. ^ "Kelley quits as coach of Idaho". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 9, 1922. p. 14.
  10. ^ "Kelley looks at battle site". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). June 9, 1921. p. 20.
  11. ^ "Thomas Kelley is new coach" (PDF). University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). March 2, 1920. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Missouri coach has resigned position". Christian Science Monitor. November 16, 1922. p. 12. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  13. ^ "Tom Kelley resigns as Missouri coach" (PDF). University Argonaut. (Moscow, Idaho). (University of Idaho). November 22, 1922. p. 4.

Sources

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