John Kiely

John Kiely may refer to:

John Kiely (Waterford hurler)

John Kiely (1927–2004) was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Dungarvan and with the Waterford senior inter-county team in the 1940s and 1950s.

Playing career

Club

Kiely played most of his club hurling with his local Dungarvan club. He played in two county finals but never won a senior county medal. Kiely also won junior championship honours with Brickey Rangers and Éire Óg.

Inter-county

Kiely first came to prominence on the Waterford senior inter-county team in the late 1940s. He played in the first round of the Munster Championship in 1948, however, in spite of no further appearances that year, he was still eligible to receive both Munster and All-Ireland medals following Waterford’s victories over Cork and Dublin respectively. It would be 1957 before Kiely won his first Munster title on the field of play. Waterford later played Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final, however, victory went to the men from Leinster on that occasion. The team would later come to rue this defeat as an All-Ireland title that they should have won. Waterford lost their provincial crown in 1958, however, the team bounced back in 1959 with Kiely collecting a second Munster title. Once again Waterford subsequently lined out in the championship decider and, once again, Kilkenny provided the opposition. The game ended in a draw, however, when the two sides met for the replay a few weeks later the men from Waterford made no mistake in defeating their near rivals and Kiely collected his first All-Ireland medal on the field of play. He retired from inter-county hurling shortly afterwards.

John Kiely (baseball)

John Francis Kiely (born October 4, 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts) is former Major League Baseball pitcher. Kiely played for the Detroit Tigers from 1991 to 1993.

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John Kiely (ice hockey)

John Stuart Kiely (born August 3, 1952) is an American former professional ice hockey goaltender.

Kiely played 22 games in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers during the 1975–76 season. Kiely continued his career in the AHL with the Springfield Indians and Binghamton Dusters, and in the CHL with the Oklahoma City Blazers.

As a goaltender with the Vermont Catamounts men's ice hockey team, Kiely was a part of both ECAC Division II National Championships in 1972-73, and 1973-74. Kiely ranks fifth all-time in save percentage at Vermont (.903) and fourth in goals against average (2.84).

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