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About Shipwreck Kelly
John Simms "Shipwreck" Kelly was an American professional football player who was a halfback in the National Football League (NFL); he was also an owner and banker, most prominent in New York City in the 1930s and 1940s. He played five seasons for the New York Giants (1932) and the Brooklyn Dodgers (1933–1937). Kelly became a player-coach and later a player/coach/owner with the Dodgers football club, the successor to the Dayton Triangles, a charter member of the NFL. He gained his nickname from Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly, who was famous for pole-sitting in the 1920s.
Everything about Shipwreck Kelly →- Occupation
- American football player
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 8, 1910
- Died
- August 17, 1986