Minnesota Gophers Olympic Games #TBT Mr Track Jim Kelly

Longtime Gopher Track Coach was also an Olympic Cold War hero at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.

James "Jim" Kelly was born in po dunk Iowa in 1893. He was a high school multi-sports star, and WWI veteran. Kelly coached at Depaul University before coming to the U of M, and in 1933-1934 he led the Blue Deacons to undefeated records in Football, Basketball, and Baseball. That isn't relevant to this post but I thought it was pretty bad ass.

When Kelly aka "Mr. Track" came to Dinkytown in 1937 there was little interest in Track and Field.