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Kelly was the father of actress Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco (thus maternal grandfather of Albert II, Prince of Monaco), and of Jack Kelly Jr., an accomplished rower who served as president of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
- June 20, 1960 (aged 70), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
- American
May 23, 2017 · John Brendan Kelly Sr. or better known as Jack Kelly, was the father of the actress and Princess of Monaco, Grace Kelly, and John B. Kelly Jr., as well as an accomplished rower. He became very famous as one of the most accomplished American rowers in the history of the sport of rowing.
5 min. Rowing. (IOC) John B. Kelly was born in Philadelphia on 4 October 1889, one of a family of 10 children. His Irish parents had emigrated to the United States a few years earlier. Athletic and also tall for his time (1.89m), he learned to row on the Schuylkill River that crosses Pennsylvania and flows into the Delaware River in Philadelphia.
Early on in the writing this book, I was handed a copy of Jack Kelly's memoir, describing what he thought were the important events in his life. The manuscript is by and large a sportsman's reflection, a tidy, 20-page narrative focusing on his rowing exploits. It also outlines the colorful Kelly family history that came before and after him.
BRICKS AND DAUGHTER. You might think Grace Kelly, princess and Hollywood star, was the embodiment of the American dream — but you’d be wrong. That honour goes to her father. John B. ‘Jack’ Kelly, one of 10 children of Irish immigrants, built his legend from scratch in business and Olympic rowing. By the end, he was a self-made ...
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Aug 2, 2021 · Grace Kelly's father, Jack, was a champion athlete, winning three Olympic gold medals in 1920 and 1924 for sculling. He also ran a successful construction company, Kelly for Brickwork, and once ...
In addition, Kelly was a contractor but he was the boss and rarely did the heavy work himself. Kelly had two very famous children - John Kelly, Jr., another Olympic rower (bronze medal in single sculls in 1956) who was later U.S. Olympic Committee President, and the late Grace Kelly, the American movie star who later became Princess Grace of ...
