Walter F. Kelly

Walter F. Kelly
Biographical details
Born	January 13, 1874; Bradford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	March 1, 1961 (aged 87); Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1895–1896	Dartmouth
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1897	Texas
1898	Texas (assistant)
1899–1903	Butler
Basketball
1899–1903	Butler
Baseball
1901–1905	Butler
1908	Butler
Head coaching record
Overall	10–14 (football); 6–8 (basketball); 7–21–1 (baseball)

Walter Frederic "Mike" Kelly (January 13, 1874 – March 1, 1961) was an American football player, coach of football, basketball, and baseball, and physician. He served as the head football coach at University of Texas at Austin in 1897 and at Butler University from 1899 to 1903, compiling a career college football record of 10–14. Kelly was also the head basketball coach at Butler from 1899 to 1903, tallying a mark of 6–8, and was the school's head baseball coach from 1901 to 1905 and again in 1908, amassing a record of 7–21–1. Before his tenure at Butler, Kelly served as an assistant coach to David Farragut Edwards at Texas in 1898.

While coaching at Butler, Kelly pursued a medical degree at Indiana Medical College, from which he graduated in 1906.^[1]^[2] He worked as a physician in Marion County, Indiana for more than 54 years before his death on March 1, 1961, at his home in Indianapolis.^[3]

Head coaching record

Football


Year	Team	Overall
Texas Longhorns (Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association) (1897)
1897	Texas	6–2
Texas:		6–2
Butler Christians (Independent) (1899–1903)
1899	Butler	1–3
1900	Butler	1–3
1901	Butler	1–0
1902	Butler	1–3
1903	Butler	0–3
Butler:		4–12
Total:		10–14

References

^ Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 394. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
^ White, James Terry (1967). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 48. Retrieved October 31, 2011.
^ "Dr. Walter F. Kelly, Dies At Home". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 2, 1961. p. 14. Retrieved September 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

External links

Walter F. Kelly at Find a Grave

[1] Emerson, Charles Franklin (1911). General Catalogue of Dartmouth College and the Associated Schools 1769-1910. Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press. p. 394. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

[2] White, James Terry (1967). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 48. Retrieved October 31, 2011.

[3] "Dr. Walter F. Kelly, Dies At Home". The Indianapolis Star. Indianapolis, Indiana. March 2, 1961. p. 14. Retrieved September 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .

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