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Frank Kenly

1877 – 1944

American football player and coach

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Lived 1877 – 1944 (aged 66). Frank Kenly was an American engineer and american football player.

James Frank Kenly Jr. (April 18, 1877 – February 21, 1944) was an American engineer and college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Maryland Agricultural College—now known as the University of Maryland, College Park—for one season, in 1898, compiling a record of 2–5–1.

Biography Kenly was born in Harford County near Level, Maryland on April 18, 1877. He enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, In 1898, he served as the team's head coach and captain, and Maryland amassed a 2–5–1 record. After the season, the Reveille yearbook wrote, "Manager McCandlish and Captain Kenly worked faithfully with the material they had, but the team was deficient in weight as compared with the others of the league." He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1899 with a degree in mechanical engineering. Kenly worked for the Port Chester Bolt and Nut Company, Baldwin Locomotive Works, York Safe and Lock Company, H. S. Kerbaugh, Inc., American Bridge Company, Pennsylvania Steel Company, and the Carnegie Steel Company.

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University of Maryland

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Who was Frank Kenly?

American football player and coach (1877-1944)

When was Frank Kenly born?

Frank Kenly was born on 18 April 1877 in Harford County.

When did Frank Kenly die?

Frank Kenly died on 21 February 1944 in Baltimore.

What was Frank Kenly's occupation?

Frank Kenly was an engineer and american football player.

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Frank Kenly was American.

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· Wikipedia: Frank Kenly

· Wikidata: Q5487670

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