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.Alumni Record of the Maryland Agricultural College: 1914, Maryland Agricultural College, p. 69, 1914.Harford County, The Baltimore American, April 5, 1896. He enrolled at the Maryland Agricultural College in 1895, and played on the football team from 1896 to 1898 as a quarterback.All-Time Lettermen (PDF), 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, p. 19, University of Maryland, 2007. In 1898, he served as the team's head coach and captain,Reveille, p. 29, Maryland Agricultural College, 1899. and Maryland amassed a 2–5–1 record.Year-By-Year Results (PDF), 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, p. 6, University of Maryland, 2007. 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."Reveille, p. 70, Maryland Agricultural College, 1899. He graduated from the Maryland Agricultural College in 1899 with a degree in mechanical engineering.Reveille, p. 24, Maryland Agricultural College, 1899. 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.
Kenly was married to Mavourneen (née Williams) Kenly. He later worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Baltimore Branch. He died of a heart attack on February 21, 1944, at his home in Baltimore, Maryland.
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