| John Kelly | |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Racewalking, Marathon |
| Club: | Amateur Athletic Union, Southern California Striders, Santa Monica Track Club |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Loughmore, County Tipperary, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Prescott, Arizona |
| Height: | 189cm (74inches) |
John Kelly (6 December 1929 - 13 November 2012) was an Irish racewalker, marathon runner, and actor. He competed in the men's 50 kilometres walk at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]
John Kelly was born in Loughmore, a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2]
Kelly won the 1965 Philadelphia Marathon, finishing the race in a time of 2:37:23 during a snowstorm.[3]
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s he was a member of various track and field athletics clubs, including the Amateur Athletic Union, Southern California Striders and the Santa Monica Track Club.[4]
In the 1970s Kelly became a member of the Screen Actors Guild and appears briefly in the musical film Star!, starring Julie Andrews and Richard Crenna.[5] In September 1973, he was a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.[6] [7]