Alva Kelley

Alva Kelley

Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1918-06-16)June 16, 1918
Died
Playing career
1938–1940	Cornell
Position(s)	End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1946–1949	Cornell (assistant)
1950	Yale (line)
1951–1958	Brown
1959–1961	Colgate
1963–1970	Hobart
Head coaching record
Overall	60–98–5
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Alva E. Kelley (June 16, 1918 – August 21, 1999) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Brown University (1951–1958), Colgate University (1959–1961), and Hobart College (1963–1970), compiling a career college football record of 60–98–5.

Kelley graduated from Cornell University in 1941 after playing three seasons of football under Carl Snavely and fellow fraternity brother George K. James, including the 1939 undefeated national championship season. He was a member of Sphinx Head, the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, and through the latter organization, the Irving Literary Society. He was assistant coach at Cornell from 1946 to 1949, before becoming head coach at Brown University and then Colgate. He was inducted into the Cornell Athletic Hall of Fame in 1980.

Kelley was the 27th head football coach for the Colgate University Raiders located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New York and he held that position for three seasons, from 1959 until 1961. His overall coaching record at Colgate was 9 wins, 18 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him 12th at Colgate in terms of total wins and 27th at Colgate in terms of winning percentage.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Brown Bears (NCAA Independent) (1951–1955)
1951	Brown	2–7
1952	Brown	2–7
1953	Brown	3–5–1
1954	Brown	6–2–1
1955	Brown	2–7
Brown Bears (Ivy League) (1956–1958)
1956	Brown	5–4	3–4	5th
1957	Brown	5–4	3–4	T–4th
1958	Brown	6–3	4–3	T–4th
Brown:		31–39–2	10–11
Colgate Raiders (NCAA Independent) (1959–1961)
1959	Colgate	2–7
1960	Colgate	2–7
1961	Colgate	5–4
Colgate:		9–18
Hobart Statesmen () (1963–1970)
1963	Hobart	4–3–1
1964	Hobart	3–4–1
1965	Hobart	4–4
1966	Hobart	3–5
1967	Hobart	0–7–1
1968	Hobart	3–5
1969	Hobart	3–5
1970	Hobart	0–8
Hobart:		20–41–3
Total:		60–98–5

External links

• Alva Kelley at the College Football Data Warehouse
• Mention of Alva Kelley's death