About Ed Kenna
Lived 1877 – 1912 (aged 34). Ed Kenna was an American baseball player and american football player.
Edward Benninghaus Kenna (October 17, 1877 – March 22, 1912), nicknamed "the Pitching Poet", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, college football coach and newspapers editor. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the season. Kenna played football at Georgetown University as a fullback in 1898 and at West Virginia University as a fullback and kicker in 1901. He served as the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—in 1900 and West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1902. Kenna was later an editor of the Charleston Gazette. He died on March 22, 1912, in Grant, Florida.
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Who was Ed Kenna?
American baseball player
When was Ed Kenna born?
Ed Kenna was born on 17 October 1877 in Charleston.
When did Ed Kenna die?
Ed Kenna died on 22 March 1912 in Grant-Valkaria, Charleston.
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Ed Kenna was a baseball player and american football player.
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Ed Kenna was American.
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