John B. Kelly Sr.
American Olympic rower (1889-1960) · United States · Founders · Died at 70
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Kelly in 1913
Kelly with his son in 1945
Left to right: Kelly, David L. Lawrence (chair of the Pennsylvania Democratic Party), Joseph F. Guffey (United States senator from Pennsylvania), and George Howard Earle III (governor of Pennsylvania) visiting the White House in 1937 to request a $60,000,000 Public Works Administration grant for Pennsylvania from President Franklin D. Roosevelt (not pictured)
The Kelly family house in East Falls was built by John B. Kelly in 1929.
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John Brendan Kelly Sr. was an American triple Olympic champion, the first in the sport of rowing. The Philadelphia-based Kelly was a multimillionaire in the bricklaying and construction industry, and was involved in politics, serving as Pennsylvania secretary of revenue and running unsuccessfully for mayor of Philadelphia in the 1935 Philadelphia mayoral election.
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