John Kelley

John Kelley may refer to:

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John Kelley (criminal)

John J. Kelley (known as "Red Kelley"; a.k.a. "Irish Red Kelley" and "Jack Kelley" ) was a reputed mobster who was an associate of the Patriarca crime family. He allegedly was a robber and a hit man. His nicknames in the demimonde were "Swiss Watch" due to the methodical way he plotted his robberies and "Saint John" due to his patience.

Plymouth Mail Robbery

Kelley was linked to the 1962 Plymouth Mail Robbery. Vincent Teresa, a Boston mobster who served as a lieutenant to mob family boss Raymond Patriarca, claimed in his book My Life in the Mafia that Kelley was the man who planned the robbery.

Towards the end of the expiration of the five-year statute of limitations, Kelley came under intense scrutiny and pressure from postal inspectors and other federal authorities. Newsweek magazine quoted him as saying that the postal inspectors "had harassed my wife and frightened my Siamese cats."

Kelley was arrested and tried for the robbery. He was represented by attorney F. Lee Bailey, who won an acquittal.

John Kelley (ice hockey)

John "Snooks" Kelley (July 11, 1907 – April 10, 1986) is a former American ice hockey coach. Kelley was coach of the Boston College Eagles ice hockey team for 36 years. Kelley won the 1949 NCAA ice hockey title and was the first coach to win 500 games in the NCAA. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974

Career

Kelley arrived at Boston College in 1925 after attending Boston College High School. He was a two sport athlete for the Eagles, playing both baseball and ice hockey. Kelley finished his collegiate playing career following his graduation in 1930. Kelley’s graduation came just after hockey was removed from as a varsity sport due to the Great Depression.

On January 8, 1933 Kelley agreed to coach a group of BC students while he was completing his teaching at Cambridge Latin. The position offered no pay, and forced him to give up playing with the Boston Hockey Club, but it was the beginning of a career that would last until 1972. Kelley’s coaching career was put on hold with the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 Kelley joined the United States Navy and remained enlisted until 1946, before returning to coaching.