Roger Joseph Kiley

Roger Joseph Kiley
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Kiley at Notre Dame.
Position	End
Career history
College	Notre Dame (1919–1920)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1900-10-23)October 23, 1900
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	September 6, 1974(1974-09-06) (aged 73)
Career highlights and awards
All-American (1920)

Roger Joseph Kiley (October 23, 1900 – September 6, 1974) was an American football player and later a United States federal judge.

Notre Dame

A native of Chicago, Illinois, Kiley was a prominent end for Knute Rockne's Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and one of the sports' first great pass catchers, paired with Eddie Anderson and catching passes from George Gipp.^[1] He graduated with an LL.B. from Notre Dame Law School in 1923.

Professional football

Kiley played for a short time with the Chicago Cardinals.

Coaching career

He was a college athletic coach from 1922 to 1932.

Law career

He was in private practice in Chicago, Illinois from 1933 to 1940. He was a member of the Chicago Board of Aldermen, Illinois, from 1933 to 1940. He was a judge on the Superior Court of Cook County, Illinois in 1940. He was a judge on the Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Chicago, Illinois from 1941 to 1961.

Kiley was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Kiley was nominated by President John F. Kennedy on June 20, 1961, to a seat vacated by William Lynn Parkinson. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 27, 1961, and received his commission on June 30, 1961. He assumed senior status on January 1, 1974. Kiley served in that capacity until his death.

Sources

↑ "Roger Kiley, Notre Dame, is Playing Spectacular Game So Far This Year". The Kansas City Kansan. October 25, 1921. p. 8. Retrieved October 25, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Legal offices
Preceded by William Lynn Parkinson	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit 1961–1974	Succeeded by Philip Willis Tone

Roger Joseph Kiley at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

1919 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—national champions

21 Heartley Anderson 66 George Gipp Eddie Anderson Leonard Bahan Norman Barry Dutch Bergman Joe Brandy Frank Coughlin Roger Kiley Bernard Kirk Slip Madigan Grover Malone Harry Mehre John Mohardt Buck Shaw Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith Fritz Slackford George Trafton Earl Walsh Chet A. Wynne Head coach: Knute Rockne Assistant coach: Gus Dorais *selected national champion by NCF

1920 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football—national champions

21 Heartley Anderson 66 George Gipp Eddie Anderson Norman Barry Frank Coughlin Chet Grant Roger Kiley Harry Mehre John Mohardt Gene Oberst Buck Shaw Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith Earl Walsh Chet A. Wynne Head coach: Knute Rockne

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