Bobby Kelly

Robert J. Kelly


Born:
September 12, 1926
Union City, NJ

Died:
December 23, 2014
NJ


Career
1941-42 St. Michaels - Union City, NJ (High School)
1942-43 St. Michaels - Union City, NJ (High School)
1944-45 St. Joseph's Prep - Union City, NJ (High School)
1945-46 Manhattan College (College)
1946-47 Manhattan College (College)
1947-48 Manhattan College (College)
1948-49 Manhattan College (College)
1949-50 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1951-52 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1951-52 Saratoga / Schenectady Harlem Yankees (ABL)
1952-53 Scranton Miners (ABL)
1952-53 Elmira Colonels (ABL)
1967-68 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1968-69 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1969-70 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1970-71 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1971-72 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1972-73 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1973-74 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1974-75 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1975-76 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1976-77 Saint Peter's College - New Jersey (College) Assistant coach
1977-78 Saint Peter's (College) Head coach
1978-79 Saint Peter's (College) Head coach

Kelly, measuring in at 6'0 in height, was the first player to score 1000 career points with at Manhattan. He wold go to the Scranton Miners of the ABL after graduating, and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. When he returned from service, he played a couple more years while getting a Masters Degree in Education at Seton Hall. He went on to teach and coach for many years in the New Jersey school system, as will as work first as an assistant coach, and later as the head coach, at Saint Peter's College. After two unsuccessful seasons at the helm there, he was fired as coach but still worked with youths on the sport at the Lou Carnasecca summer camps.

He married Marian Leane and they had five children.

Source:
Obituary, Jersey Journal, December 26, 2014

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