Keady was born on August 18, 1882 in [[Wakefield, Massachusetts]].<ref name=telegraphobit>{{cite news |title=Nationally Known Coach 'Tom' Keady Dies In City |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=uJgrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vfQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7483,4141957 |newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Nashua)|The Telegraph]] |date=February 13, 1964 |accessdateaccess-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref> He attended [[Dartmouth College]], where he lettered in football and baseball.
==Coaching career==
Keady was the 13th head football coach at [[Lehigh University]]) in [[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania]], serving for nine seasons, from 1912 to 1920, and compiling a record at Lehigh was 56–23–3.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |title=Thomas "Tom" Keady Records by Year |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |accessdateaccess-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327234453/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_year_by_year.php?coachid=3045 |archive-date=March 27, 2016 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> This ranks him second among Lehigh head coaches in [[winning percentage]] at {{winpct|56|23|3}}, behind only [[Pete Lembo]] (44–14, {{winpct|44|14}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |title=Lehigh Coaching Records |website=cfbdatawarehouse.com |accessdateaccess-date=February 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308034442/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/patriot/lehigh/coaching_records.php |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref> Keady was the head football coach at [[Case Western Reserve University|Western Reserve University]] from 1931 to 1933, compiling a record of 14–9–2 in three seasons.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.case.edu/its/archives/Coaches/keady_john.htm |title=Coach John Thomas Keady |date=September 28, 2011 |work= University Archives |publisher=[[Case Western Reserve University]] }}</ref>
==Death==
Keady died at the age of 82 on February 12, 1964, in [[Concord, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Thomas J. Keady, 82, Dies; Coached Football at Lehigh |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1964/02/13/97379594.pdf |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 13, 1964 |accessdateaccess-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>
