At Stockholm, Kelly won his preliminary heats easily and qualified to the final with four more Americans and one representative from Great Britain. From the start, the five Americans ran even until the eighth hurdle, where Kelly and James Wendell spun ahead to decide the winner. Kelly got in front the instant before the tape was broken, to win by 0.1 seconds. He also competed for USA in exhibition baseball tournament in Stockholm.
Kelly was the AAU Champion in 120 yd (110 m) hurdles in 1913 and finished second in 1916 and 1919. Kelly also finished first at the 1915 AAU Championships, but was disqualified for knocking down four hurdles.
He served as the first President of the SoCal Olympians and Paralympians, beginning on March 19, 1949.
^"Fred Kelly". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
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fred, kelly, hurdler, frederick, warren, kelly, september, 1891, 1974, american, athlete, winner, hurdles, 1912, summer, olympics, fred, kellyfred, kelly, 1912, olympicspersonal, informationbornseptember, 1891beaumont, california, united, statesdiedmay, 1974, . Frederick Warren Kelly September 12 1891 May 7 1974 was an American athlete winner of 110 m hurdles at the 1912 Summer Olympics 1 Fred KellyFred Kelly at the 1912 OlympicsPersonal informationBornSeptember 12 1891Beaumont California United StatesDiedMay 7 1974 aged 82 Medford Oregon United StatesHeight1 82 m 6 ft 0 in Weight72 kg 159 lb SportSportHurdle runningClubUSC Trojans Los AngelesMedal record Representing the United StatesOlympic Games1912 Stockholm 110 m hurdlesBorn in Beaumont California Fred Kelly attended Orange High School and was a freshman at University of Southern California when he was selected to US 1912 Olympic team At Stockholm Kelly won his preliminary heats easily and qualified to the final with four more Americans and one representative from Great Britain From the start the five Americans ran even until the eighth hurdle where Kelly and James Wendell spun ahead to decide the winner Kelly got in front the instant before the tape was broken to win by 0 1 seconds He also competed for USA in exhibition baseball tournament in Stockholm Kelly was the AAU Champion in 120 yd 110 m hurdles in 1913 and finished second in 1916 and 1919 Kelly also finished first at the 1915 AAU Championships but was disqualified for knocking down four hurdles He served as the first President of the SoCal Olympians and Paralympians beginning on March 19 1949 Fred Kelly died in Medford Oregon aged 82 A stadium near where he attended Orange High School in Orange California has been named after him Fred Kelly Stadium which is located next to El Modena High School See also EditSoCal OlympiansReferences Edit Fred Kelly Olympedia Retrieved 22 April 2021 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fred Kelly athlete Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Fred Kelly Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 2012 10 24 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Fred Kelly hurdler amp oldid 1070168127, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
