Kick Kelly, American baseball player, manager, and umpire (born 1856)

Kick Kelly

American baseball umpire (1856–1926)

John O. "Kick" Kelly, also nicknamed "Honest John" and "Diamond John", was an American catcher, manager and umpire in Major League Baseball who went on to become a boxing referee and to run gambling houses in his native New York City. He made a notable impact on the development…