TIL that John Kelly was banned from the 1920 Henley Royal Regatta due to his occupation as a bricklayer. He would go on to win Gold in the 1920 Olympics, and sent George V a letter saying “Greetings from a bricklayer.” His daughter Grace would become royalty herself, and his son later won at Henley.

TIL that John Kelly was banned from the 1920 Henley Royal Regatta due to his occupation as a bricklayer. He would go on to win Gold in the 1920 Olympics, and sent George V a letter saying “Greetings from a bricklayer.” His daughter Grace would become royalty herself, and his son later won at Henley.

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