Charley Donnelly
Donnelly at Maryland in 1911
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| Sport(s) | Football, golf |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born | 1885 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Died | 1967 Worcester, Massachusetts |
| Playing career | |
| 1907 | Holy Cross |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908–1910 | Eastern H.S. |
| 1911 | Maryland |
| 1913 | Worcester Tech (WPI) |
| Golf | |
| 1934–1948 | Holy Cross |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 2–4–2 |
Charles F. "Charley" Donnelly was an American educator, golfer, and college football and golf coach. He served as the head football coach at the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) in 1911 and as the head golf coach at the College of the Holy Cross in the 1930s and 1940s.
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts, Charley was third child of John and Mary Ellen (Corcoran) Donnelly and younger brother of James C. Donnelly, a standout football player and coach. His youngest brother Ralph E. Donnelly was also a notable football player and war hero. He attended Worcester High School, where he played on a championship football team. He attended the College of the Holy Cross, and played as a substitute quarterback on the football team in 1907. After college, he began selling insurance and had an office out of 311 Main Street. In 1910, he moved to Washington, DC, and he coached Eastern High School on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and The Washington Herald considered that team "one of the best football elevens in the history of the institution". Donnelly also coached the Eastern High baseball team to success.
In June 1911, while he worked as a clerk for the Census Bureau, the Maryland Agricultural College (now the University of Maryland) hired him as an assistant English instructor and head coach for its football and baseball teams. Donnelly resigned as coach midseason after the football team compiled a 2–4–2 record, including an embarrassing 14–0 loss to Central High School. Maryland turned to alumnus Curley Byrd, high school coach at Western High School, as his replacement.
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