a legend of the marathon, kelley won the 1935 and 1945 runnings of the boston marathon. he finished in second place at boston a record seven times. between 1934 and 1950, he finished in the top five 15 times at boston, consistently running in the 2:30s. he ran his last full marathon at boston in 1992 at the age of 84, his 61st start and 58th finish there. for two more years he ran the last seven miles. kelley also ran the yonkers marathon 29 times.