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Tom Kelly (basketball)
Thomas Edward Kelly (March 5, 1924 – March 20, 2008) was an American professional basketball player. After playing one season with the Boston Celtics of the Basketball Association of America (BAA), Kelly retired and became an engineer. Early life Thomas Edward Kelly was born at the Flower Hospital, New York Medical College, New York City, on March 5, 1924, to Edward Thomas Kelly, a New York City Alderman, and Anastasia Cecilia Kane. In 1929, the family moved to St. Francis Xavier Parish in the Bronx. Kelly earned an academic scholarship to Regis High School (New York City), Regis High School, where he played basketball and graduated in 1941. In 1942, at age 18, Kelly joined the United States Army Air Forces as an Aviation Cadet. He was trained in the United States Army Air Corps as a B-17 flying officer and commissioned a Second Lieutenant Pilot in 1944, assigned to the 486th Air Expeditionary Wing, 486th Bombardment Group (Heavy), 833rd Bomber Squadron of the 3rd Division o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
