death_place death_date birth_place medaltemplates birth_date article_title
north stonington , connecticut , u.s. 21 august 2011 norwich , connecticut , u.s. men 's athletics 24 december 1930 john j. kelley

john j. kelley

`` not to be confused with john a. kelley , another distance runner , similarly named . ''
john joseph kelley -lrb- december 24 , 1930 -- august 21 , 2011 -rrb- was the winner of the 1957 boston marathon and the marathon at the 1959 pan american games and a member of two united states olympic marathon teams .
he was often dubbed john `` the younger '' to avoid confusion with johnny `` the elder '' kelley , the winner of the 1935 and 1945 boston marathons .
the two men were not related .
