User:Angelface789/Caleb Kelly

Born on January 6, 1911 in Baltimore, Maryland, Kelly is the oldest of two sons born to Caleb Redgrave Kelly, Sr. and Ethel N. Kelly. Kelly attended the Baltimore Friends School in Maryland were he participated in basketball, football, and lacrosse by his junior year of high school. He played intramural lacrosse for the Baltimore Athletic Club for six years. His brother, Donaldson Naylor Kelly, two years his minor and played the same sports making the Kelly brothers a valuable package of talent.

Caleb Kelly graduated Omnicron Delta Kappa from Johns Hopkins University in 1933 with an English degree.1 After two successful years playing midfield and crease attack for Hopkins Lacrosse, and with the arrival of his younger brother to campus, the two helped bring an unbeaten season to Hopkins. Hopkins Blue Jays beat out University of Maryland’s Terps for the slot at representing the United States at the 1932 Olympics in California. Kelly played reserve attack man and played in every game. No other lacrosse team has gone to the Olympics since.

After college Kelly entered the U. S. Air Force in 1941 and would active until 1946 until his retirement in 1968 as a Lt. Colonel. Graduated from University of Maryland School of Law in 1938. He opened a small private practice for himself with his main client being the Lacrosse Foundation where he also held positions of executive secretary, secretary, and treasurer. He prepared the Articles of Incorporation for the Lacrosse Hall of Fame 2. In 1946 he married Adine Cockey and they had two sons. In 1948 he took a head coach position for the newly formed University of Baltimore lacrosse team until 1951. Drawing from his skills as an attorney, he rewrote the Official Rules for Lacrosse in 1959. He officiated for lacrosse games for 16 years, wrote a book entitled ??? and a handful of articles for Lacrosse magazine, and was honored in 1969 by the Lacrosse Hall of Fame he helped establish. On August 26, 2006, Kelly passed away at William Hill Manor in Easton at the age of 953.

[1] Johns Hopkins University, Hullabaloo-1933. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1993. Special Collections and Archives, Sheridan Library, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.

[2] US Lacrosse, "National Lacrosse Hall of Fame." US Lacrosse, Inc. http://www.uslacrosse.org/museum/halloffame.html.

[3] Kelly, Jacques. Caleb Kelly, Jr., 95, lacrosse expert, Baltimore Sun, 9/2/2006.