Tom Keady | |
Birth Date: | 18 August 1882 |
Birth Place: | Wakefield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Place: | Concord, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Player Sport1: | Football |
Player Years2: | 1904 |
Player Team2: | Dartmouth |
Player Sport3: | Baseball |
Player Years4: | 1902–1905 |
Player Team4: | Dartmouth |
Player Years5: | 1907–1908 |
Player Team5: | Haverhill Hustlers |
Player Years6: | 1908 |
Player Team6: | Lynn Shoemakers |
Player Years7: | 1908–1909 |
Player Team7: | Worcester Busters |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1905–1911 |
Coach Team2: | Dartmouth (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1912–1920 |
Coach Team3: | Lehigh |
Coach Years4: | 1921–1924 |
Coach Team4: | Vermont |
Coach Years5: | 1925–1930 |
Coach Team5: | Quantico Marines |
Coach Years6: | 1931–1933 |
Coach Team6: | Western Reserve |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1910–1911 |
Coach Team8: | Dartmouth |
Coach Years9: | 1912–1913 |
Coach Team9: | Lehigh |
Coach Years10: | 1921–1922 |
Coach Team10: | Vermont |
Coach Years11: | 1923–1925 |
Coach Team11: | Vermont |
Coach Sport12: | Baseball |
Coach Years13: | 1908–1911 |
Coach Team13: | Dartmouth |
Coach Years14: | 1912–1922 |
Coach Team14: | Lehigh |
Coach Years15: | 1923 |
Coach Team15: | Fordham (assistant) |
Coach Years16: | 1924 |
Coach Team16: | Vermont |
Overall Record: | 87–48–6 (football) 73–23 (basketball) 174–131–5 (baseball) |
John Thomas Keady (August 18, 1882 – February 12, 1964) was an American football, basketball, and baseball player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Lehigh University from 1912 to 1920, at the University of Vermont from 1921 to 1924, at Marine Corps Base Quantico from 1925 to 1930, and at Western Reserve University from 1931 to 1933, compiling a career college football record of 87–48–6. Keady was also the head basketball coach and the head baseball coach at Dartmouth College, Lehigh, Vermont, and Quantico.
Keady was born on August 18, 1882, in Wakefield, Massachusetts.[1] He attended Dartmouth College, where he lettered in football and baseball.
Keady was the 13th head football coach at Lehigh University) in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, serving for nine seasons, from 1912 to 1920, and compiling a record at Lehigh was 56–23–3.[2] This ranks him second among Lehigh head coaches in winning percentage at, behind only Pete Lembo (44–14,).[3] Keady was the head football coach at Western Reserve University from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 14–9–2 in three seasons.[4]
Keady died at the age of 82 on February 12, 1964, in Concord, New Hampshire.[5]