Daniel Kelly (athlete)

Daniel Joseph Kelly (September 1, 1883 – April 9, 1920) was an American long jumper and sprinter.

[1] He attended the University of Portland's Columbia Prep high school, where in 1905, he broke the existing world record for the Long Jump with a jump of 22 feet, 1-1/4 inches.

[2] In 1908, Kelly briefly joined the Irish American Athletic Club,[3] and competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the long jump where he won the silver medal.

He is a member of the University of Oregon Athletic Hall of Fame and the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

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Daniel Kelly (athlete)