# Tom Keady

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{{Short description|American athlete and coach (1882–1964)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Tom Keady
| image = Tom Keady - Lehigh.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Keady pictured in ''The Epitome 1916'', Lehigh yearbook
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1882|8|18}}
| birth_place = [Wakefield, Massachusetts](/source/Wakefield%2C_Massachusetts), U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|1|12|1882|8|18}}
| death_place = [Concord, New Hampshire](/source/Concord%2C_New_Hampshire), U.S.
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Football
| player_years2 = 1904
| player_team2 = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_football)
| player_sport3 = Baseball
| player_years4 = 1902–1905
| player_team4 = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_baseball)
| player_years5 = 1907–1908
| player_team5 = Haverhill Hustlers
| player_years6 = 1908
| player_team6 = Lynn Shoemakers
| player_years7 = 1908–1909
| player_team7 = Worcester Busters
| coach_sport1 = Football
| coach_years2 = 1905–1911
| coach_team2 = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_football) (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1912–1920
| coach_team3 = [Lehigh](/source/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_football)
| coach_years4 = 1921–1924
| coach_team4 = [Vermont](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_football)
| coach_years5 = 1925–1930
| coach_team5 = [Quantico Marines](/source/Quantico_Marines_Devil_Dogs_football)
| coach_years6 = 1931–1933
| coach_team6 = [Western Reserve](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football)
| coach_sport7 = Basketball
| coach_years8 = 1910–1911
| coach_team8 = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_men's_basketball)
| coach_years9 = 1912–1913
| coach_team9 = [Lehigh](/source/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_men's_basketball)
| coach_years10 = 1921–1922
| coach_team10 = [Vermont](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_men's_basketball)
| coach_years11 = 1923–1925
| coach_team11 = Vermont
| coach_sport12 = Baseball
| coach_years13 = 1908–1911
| coach_team13 = [Dartmouth](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_baseball)
| coach_years14 = 1912–1922
| coach_team14 = [Lehigh](/source/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_baseball)
| coach_years15 = 1923
| coach_team15 = [Fordham](/source/Fordham_Rams_baseball) (assistant)
| coach_years16 = 1924
| coach_team16 = [Vermont](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_baseball)
| overall_record = 87–48–6 (football)<br>73–23 (basketball)<br>174–131–5 (baseball)
| bowl_record = 
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 
| awards = 
| coaching_records = 
}}
'''John Thomas Keady''' (August 18, 1882 – February 12, 1964) was an American [football](/source/American_football), [basketball](/source/basketball), and [baseball](/source/baseball) player and coach.  He served as the head football coach at [Lehigh University](/source/Lehigh_University) from 1912 to 1920, at the [University of Vermont](/source/University_of_Vermont) from 1921 to 1924, at [Marine Corps Base Quantico](/source/Marine_Corps_Base_Quantico) from 1925 to 1930, and at [Western Reserve University](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_University) from 1931 to 1933, compiling a career [college football](/source/college_football) record of 87–48–6.  Keady was also the head basketball coach and the head baseball coach at [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College), Lehigh, Vermont, and Quantico.

==Early life and playing career==
Keady was born on August 18, 1882, in [Wakefield, Massachusetts](/source/Wakefield%2C_Massachusetts).<ref name=telegraphobit>{{cite news |title=Nationally Known Coach 'Tom' Keady Dies In City |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uJgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vfQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7483,4141957 |newspaper=[The Telegraph](/source/The_Telegraph_(Nashua)) |date=February 13, 1964 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>  He attended [Dartmouth College](/source/Dartmouth_College), where he lettered in football and baseball.

==Coaching career==
Keady was the 13th head football coach at [Lehigh University](/source/Lehigh_University)) in [Bethlehem, Pennsylvania](/source/Bethlehem%2C_Pennsylvania), serving for nine seasons, from 1912 to 1920, and compiling a record at Lehigh was 56–23–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |title=Thomas "Tom" Keady Records by Year |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327234453/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |archive-date=March 27, 2016 |via=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)}}</ref> This ranks him second among Lehigh head coaches in [winning percentage](/source/winning_percentage) at {{winpct|56|23|3}}, behind only [Pete Lembo](/source/Pete_Lembo) (44–14, {{winpct|44|14}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |title=Lehigh Coaching Records |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |access-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034442/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |via=[Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)}}</ref> Keady was the head football coach at [Western Reserve University](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_University) from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 14–9–2 in three seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.case.edu/its/archives/Coaches/keady_john.htm |title=Coach John Thomas Keady |date=September 28, 2011 |work= University Archives |publisher=[Case Western Reserve University](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_University) }}</ref>

==Death==
Keady died at the age of 82 on February 12, 1964, in [Concord, New Hampshire](/source/Concord%2C_New_Hampshire).<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas J. Keady, 82, Dies; Coached Football at Lehigh |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/02/13/97379594.pdf |newspaper=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=February 13, 1964 |access-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===Football===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = no }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Lehigh Brown and White](/source/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1912
 | endyear   = 1920
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1912](/source/1912_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1912_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 9–2
 | conference   = 
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1913](/source/1913_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1913_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1914](/source/1914_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1914_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 8–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1915](/source/1915_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1915_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 6–4
 | conference   = 
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 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1916](/source/1916_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1916_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 6–2–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1917](/source/1917_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1917_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 7–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
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 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1918](/source/1918_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1918_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 4–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1919](/source/1919_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1919_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1920](/source/1920_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Lehigh](/source/1920_Lehigh_Brown_and_White_football_team)
 | overall      = 5–2–2
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Lehigh
 | overall    = 56–22–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Vermont Green and Gold](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1921
 | endyear   = 1924
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1921](/source/1921_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Vermont](/source/1921_Vermont_Green_and_Gold_football_team)
 | overall      = 3–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1922](/source/1922_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Vermont](/source/1922_Vermont_Green_and_Gold_football_team)
 | overall      = 6–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1923](/source/1923_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Vermont](/source/1923_Vermont_Green_and_Gold_football_team)
 | overall      = 6–3–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1924](/source/1924_college_football_season)
 | name         = [Vermont](/source/1924_Vermont_Green_and_Gold_football_team)
 | overall      = 2–7
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Vermont
 | overall    = 17–17–1
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Quantico Marines Devil Dogs](/source/Quantico_Marines_Devil_Dogs_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1925
 | endyear   = 1930
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1925](/source/1925_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 6–3–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1926](/source/1926_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 10–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1927](/source/1927_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 10–0
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1928](/source/1928_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 8–1–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1929](/source/1929_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 5–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1930](/source/1930_college_football_season)
 | name         = Quantico Marines
 | overall      = 6–2–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Quantico Marines
 | overall    = 45–12–3
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Western Reserve Red Cats](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football)
 | conf      = [Ohio Athletic Conference](/source/Ohio_Athletic_Conference)
 | startyear = 1931
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1931](/source/1931_college_football_season)
 | name         = Western Reserve
 | overall      = 3–5–1
 | conference   = 3–0
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Western Reserve Red Cats](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football)
 | conf      = Independent
 | startyear = 1932
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1932](/source/1932_college_football_season)
 | name         = Western Reserve
 | overall      = 7–1
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Western Reserve Red Cats](/source/Case_Western_Reserve_Spartans_football)
 | conf      = Big Four Conference
 | startyear = 1933
 | endyear   = single
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [1933](/source/1933_college_football_season)
 | name         = Western Reserve
 | overall      = 4–3–1
 | conference   = 1–1–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | bcsbowl      = 
 | ranking      = no
 | ranking2     = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Western Reserve
 | overall    = 14–9–2
 | confrecord = 4–1–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 132–60–9
 | bowls    = no
 | poll     = no
 | polltype = 
 | legend   = no
}}

===Basketball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason= | poll = }}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [Dartmouth Big Green](/source/Dartmouth_Big_Green_men's_basketball)
 | conference= 
 | startyear = 1910
 | endyear   = 1911
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1910–11
 | name         = Dartmouth
 | overall      = 5–6
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Dartmouth
 | overall    = 5–6
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [Lehigh Brown and White](/source/Lehigh_Mountain_Hawks_men's_basketball)
 | conference = 
 | startyear  = 1912
 | endyear    = 1913
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1912–13
 | name         = Lehigh
 | overall      = 12–2
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Lehigh
 | overall    = 12–2
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name       = [Vermont Catamounts](/source/Vermont_Catamounts_men's_basketball)
 | conference = 
 | startyear  = 1921
 | endyear    = 1925
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1921–22
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 15–4
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1922–23
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 12–6
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1923–24
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 15–2
 | conference   = 
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}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | season       = 1924–25
 | name         = Vermont
 | overall      = 14–3
 | conference   = 
 | confstanding = 
 | postseason   =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Vermont
 | overall    = 56–15
 | confrecord = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
 | overall  = 73–23
 | poll     = 
 | polltype =
 | legend   = no
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br= |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=keady-001j--}}

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