{{Short description|American football player and coach (1878–1948)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}} {{about|the American football player|Gilberte Kelley|Jill Kelley}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Gilbert Kelly | image = George Kelley.png | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1878|7|23}} | birth_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1948|01|12|1878|7|23}} | death_place = [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. | alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br>[[George Washington University Law School|Columbian University Law School]] | coach_years1 = 1901 | coach_team1 = [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee]] | coach_years2 = 1903 | coach_team2 = [[Cardozo Education Campus|Central HS (DC)]] | coach_years3 = 1906–1907 | coach_team3 = Central HS (DC) | overall_record = 3–3–2 | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | awards = | coaching_records = }} '''Gilbert Walker Kelly''' (July 23, 1878 – January 12, 1948)<ref name="twrec">{{Cite web |last=Larionov |first=Denis |last2=Zhulin |first2=Alexander |title=Twentieth year record of the class of 1901 by Princeton university. Class of 1901 online for free (page 6 of 18) |url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/princeton-university-class-of-1901/twentieth-year-record-of-the-span-classsearchtermclassspan-of-1901-nir/page-6-twentieth-year-record-of-the-span-classsearchtermclassspan-of-1901-nir.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112705/http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/princeton-university-class-of-1901/twentieth-year-record-of-the-span-classsearchtermclassspan-of-1901-nir/page-6-twentieth-year-record-of-the-span-classsearchtermclassspan-of-1901-nir.shtml |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |publisher=eBooksread.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rGJLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Hubert+Fisher%22+AND+%22coach%22+AND+%22tennessee%22+AND+%22Princeton%22 |title=The Volunteers: An Informal History of Tennessee Football, 1890-1950 ... - Thomas Terrill Siler - Google Books |via=[[Google Books]]|date=January 21, 2010 |accessdate=March 27, 2015|last1=Siler |first1=Thomas Terrill }}</ref> was an American [[American football|football]] coach. He served as the second head football coach at the [[University of Tennessee]] in 1901, compiling a record of 3–3–2.
==Biography== Kelly was born in [[Washington, D.C.]] on July 23, 1879 to Abner B. Kelly and Helen Elizabeth (Gilbert) Kelly. He attended [[Eastern High School (Washington, D.C.)|Eastern High School]]. He entered Princeton in 1899 and graduated in 1901. He resumed his education at [[George Washington University Law School|Columbian University]] and received his [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in 1905.<ref name="Princeton" />
In 1901, Kelly was the head football coach at the [[University of Tennessee]]. He taught at [[Cardozo Education Campus|Central High School]] in Washington, D.C. from 1902 to 1908 and was the head football coach during the 1903, 1906, and 1907 seasons.<ref name="Princeton" /><ref>{{cite book |title=Central High School Sports Review, 1919-1938, Washington DC |date=1938 |url=https://archive.org/details/dc-central-high-school-sports-review-1919-1938/page/n201/mode/2up?q |access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref> From 1908 to 1910, he was the principal of [[East Aurora High School]] in [[Aurora, Illinois]]. He then joined [[Scott Foresman]] as an editor of educational publications, textbooks, etc.<ref name="Princeton">{{cite book |title=Twentieth year record of the class of 1901 |date=1922 |publisher=Princeton University Press |page=61 |url=https://archive.org/details/twentiethyearrec00prin/mode/2up?q |access-date=9 July 2025}}</ref> He died on January 12, 1948 in Chicago. At the time of his death, he was Scott Foresman's editor-in-chief.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gilbert W. Kelly |work=The Boston Globe |date=January 14, 1948}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subhead | name = [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee Volunteers]] | conf = [[Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association]] | startyear = 1901 | endyear = single }} {{CFB Yearly Record Entry | championship = | year = [[1901 college football season|1901]] | name = [[1901 Tennessee Volunteers football team|Tennessee]] | overall = 3–3–2 | conference = 1–1–2 | confstanding = 11th | bowlname = | bowloutcome = | bcsbowl = | ranking = no | ranking2 = no }} {{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal | name = Tennessee | overall = 3–3–2 | confrecord = 1–1–2 }} {{CFB Yearly Record End | overall = 3–3–2 | bowls = no | poll = no | polltype = | legend = no }}
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