Ed Kenna

{{Short description|American baseball player, football coach, and newspaper editor (1877–1912)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Ed Kenna

|position=Pitcher

|image=Edward B Kenna.png

| caption = Portrait of Kenna in The Richmond Dispatch, October 14, 1900

|bats=Unknown

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date|1877|10|17|mf=y}}

|birth_place=Charleston, West Virginia, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1912|3|22|1877|10|17}}

|death_place=Grant, Florida, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=May 5

|debutyear=1902

|debutteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=May 9

|finalyear=1902

|finalteam=Philadelphia Athletics

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=1–1

|stat2label=Strikeouts

|stat2value=5

|stat3label=Earned run average

|stat3value=5.29

|teams=

Philadelphia Athletics (1902)

}}

{{Infobox college coach

| name = Ed Kenna

| image =

| alt =

| player_years1 = 1898

| player_team1 = Georgetown

| player_positions = Fullback

| coach_years1 = 1900

| coach_team1 = Richmond

| coach_years2 = 1902

| coach_team2 = West Virginia Wesleyan

| overall_record = 7–5–1

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record =

| championships =

| awards =

| coaching_records =

}}

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 {{Baseball year|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.{{cite news |author= |title=The College Team |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038614/1900-10-14/ed-1/seq-3/?date1=1900&index=0&rows=20&searchType=basic&state=Virginia&date2=1900&proxtext=Edward+Kenna&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange#words=Edward%2BKenna |newspaper=Richmond Dispatch |location=Richmond, Virginia |date=October 14, 1900 |page=3 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |via=Chronicling America }} 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.{{cite news |author= |title=Ed Kenna Dead—Famous as Baseball Pitcher and Once Editor Charleston Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29105034/bluefield_daily_telegraph/ |newspaper=Bluefield Daily Telegraph |location=Bluefield, West Virginia |date=March 23, 1912 |page=1 |access-date=March 3, 2019 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}