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Billy Kelly (Irish Republican)
Billy Kelly may refer to: * Billy Kelly (baseball) (1886–1940), American baseball player * Billy Kelly (boxer) (1932–2010), boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland * Billy Kelly (horse), American Thoroughbred racehorse * Billy Kelly (snooker player) Billy Kelly (born 1 May 1945) is an Irish former professional snooker player. He played professionally from 1981 to 1992. Career Kelly was born on 1 May 1945. In 1977, he won the CIU championship, regarded as the second-most prestigious amateur ..., snooker player from Ireland {{disambiguation Kelly, Billy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kelly (baseball)
William Joseph Kelly (May 1, 1886 – June 3, 1940) was an American professional baseball player. He played in parts of four seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals and Pittsburgh Pirates from through . He also managed the minor league Port Huron Saints in 1922. Kelly was born in Baltimore, Maryland and died of lung cancer in Detroit, Michigan at the age of 54. In a brief 4 year, 104 game major league career, Kelly compiled a .290 batting average with 32 runs, 1 home run and 21 RBI RBI most often refers to: *Reserve Bank of India *Run batted in RBI may also refer to: Organisations *Radio Berlin International *Raiffeisen Bank International *Reed Business Information *Restaurant Brands International *Ruđer Bošković In .... External links Major League Baseball catchers St. Louis Cardinals players Pittsburgh Pirates players Minor league baseball managers Baseball players from Baltimore 1886 births 1940 deaths Sioux City Soos players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kelly (boxer)
Billy "Spider" Kelly (21 April 1932 – 7 May 2010) was a boxer from Derry, Northern Ireland whose career highlight was winning the Commonwealth (British Empire) featherweight title in 1954. He went on to win the British featherweight title in 1955. History Billy Kelly was born 21 April 1932 in Derry, Northern Ireland. He was the eldest of ten children of Jimmy Kelly, boxer and taxi driver, and his wife Kathleen. Billy Kelly was educated at Long Tower primary school. Billy started his professional career in 1950, at the age of 18. On 2 October 1954, Kelly won the Commonwealth featherweight title, by out-pointing Roy Ankrah over 15 rounds. On 22 January 1955, Kelly received the British Featherweight title, by out-pointing Sammy McCarthy. Kelly continued to box until 1962 and finished with a career record of 56 wins, 24 defeats and four draws from 84 professional bouts. Billy 'Spider' Kelly died on 7 May 2010, at the age of 78. On 15 August 2014, the city of Derry honoured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kelly (horse)
Billy Kelly (foaled 1916 in Kentucky, died 1926 in Canada) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was the champion two-year-old in 1918 when he won 14 of 17 starts. Favored for the 1919 Kentucky Derby, he lost to his stablemate, the then lightly regarded Sir Barton, but Billy Kelly would beat Sir Barton in 8 of 12 head to head races. Billy Kelly would go on to win 39 races from 69 starts. He was elected to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 2015. Background Billy Kelly was foaled in 1916 at Woodlawn Farm in Erlanger, Kentucky, bred by Jerome Respess. He was sold as a yearling for $1,500 to trainer William Perkins, who then sold a half interest to W. F. Polson. After two stakes wins at the 1918 Saratoga meeting, Commander J. K. L. Ross bought Billy Kelly for $27,500. Following the sale, he was trained by H. Guy Bedwell. Named after a sports editor for a newspaper in Buffalo, Billy Kelly was a small, lightly made gelding and "as plain as a horse could be." A co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Kelly (snooker Player)
Billy Kelly (born 1 May 1945) is an Irish former professional snooker player. He played professionally from 1981 to 1992. Career Kelly was born on 1 May 1945. In 1977, he won the CIU championship, regarded as the second-most prestigious amateur competition after the English Amateur Championship, and the Autumn Pontins Open. He was accepted as a member by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) in 1981. His first professional tournament was the 1981 International Open, where he lost 1–5 to Murdo MacLeod in the first qualifying round. He also lost in his first qualifying matches at the 1981 UK Championship (7–9 to Geoff Foulds); the 1982 Irish Professional Championship (1–6 to Tommy Murphy); and the 1982 World Snooker Championship (8-9 to Eddie Sinclair). Although he recorded a number of match victories in the following seasons, he did not reach further than the last 32 of a major tournament. He compiled a of 141 against Tony Kearney in the q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |