Gregory Eric "Greg" Kelley (May 19, 1944 – February 15, 1961) was an American figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the junior title at the 1959 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and finished ninth at the 1960 World Figure Skating Championships after the top three U.S. skaters skipped the event. In 1961, he won the silver medal at the U.S. Nationals and the bronze at the

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. Kelley was the youngest of eight siblings. His parents were Dr. Vincent Kelley, who was a top surgeon in Boston, and his wife Nathalie. Kelley began skating at age eight after attending a learn-to-skate program at Boston's skating club. As a teenager, he moved to

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to train with Edi Scholdan at the Broadmoor Figure Skating Club. His older sister, Nathalie, took leave from her job as a high school science teacher to move to Colorado and serve as Kelley's chaperone. Aside from his figure skating career, Kelley's ambition was to be a doctor like his father. Kelley was a member of the American Numismatic Association and, as of 1961, had the world's largest collection of three-dollar bills. Kelley owned 42 of the 65 three-dollar bills that were known to exist. Kelley was en route to the World Championships in 1961 when his plane ( Sabena Flight 548) crashed near

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, killing all on board. He was 16 at the time of his death. His 29-year-old sister, Nathalie, who accompanied her brother on the flight as a chaperone, was also killed in the crash. On January 28, 2011, Michelson was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame along with the entire 1961 World Team.

Competitive highlights

* N = Novice level; J = Junior level

External links

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"Skater Gregory Kelley and Sister Eulogized at Newton Funeral"
clipping from ''The Boston Globe''
U.S. Figure Skating biography
(archived at Wayback Machine, September 7, 2015)

(archived at Wayback Machine, February 23, 2010)

References

American male single skaters 1944 births 1961 deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in Belgium Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1961 20th-century American sportsmen Burials at St. Joseph Cemetery (West Roxbury, Massachusetts) Figure skaters from Newton, Massachusetts {{US-figure-skating-bio-stub