Ed Kenna

Ed Kenna
Playing career
1898	Georgetown
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1900	Richmond
1902	West Virginia Wesleyan
Head coaching record
Overall	7–5–1

Ed Kenna
Ed Kenna
	Portrait of Kenna in The Richmond Dispatch, October 14, 1900
	Pitcher
	Born: October 17, 1877; Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.
	Died: March 22, 1912 (aged 34); Grant, Florida, U.S.
	Batted: Unknown Threw: Right
MLB debut
	May 5, 1902, for the Philadelphia Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	May 9, 1902, for the Philadelphia Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	1–1
Strikeouts	5
Earned run average	5.29
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Philadelphia Athletics (1902);

Edward Benninghaus Kenna (October 17, 1877 – March 22, 1912), nicknamed "the Pitching Poet", was an American Major League Baseball pitcher, college football coach and newspapers editor. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1902 season. Kenna played football at Georgetown University as a fullback in 1898 and at West Virginia University as a fullback and kicker in 1901.^[1] He served as the head football coach at Richmond College—now known as the University of Richmond—in 1900 and West Virginia Wesleyan College in 1902. Kenna was later an editor of the Charleston Gazette. He died on March 22, 1912, in Grant, Florida.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall
Richmond Spiders (Independent) (1900)
1900	Richmond	3–4
Richmond:		3–4
West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats (Independent) (1902)
1902	West Virginia Wesleyan	4–1–1
West Virginia Wesleyan:		4–1–1
Total:		7–5–1