Luke Leo Kelly (December 26, 1888 – February 6, 1952) was an American football player and coach who was the captain of the 1911 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and head coach of the Christian Brothers College and the College of the Holy Cross.
[1] After graduating, Kelly became head football coach at the Christian Brothers College in St.
[3] In 1914, Kelly was to return to Notre Dame as the lead assistant under Jesse Harper, but before the season started, he took the head coaching job at Holy Cross to be closer to home.
[4] He stepped down after the 1916 season to focus on his law practice, but when his successor, Frank Cavanaugh, entered the United States Army, Kelly returned.
He died on February 6, 1952, and was buried in Golden Gate National Cemetery in San Bruno, California.