Tim Kel­ly has 40 years’ expe­ri­ence writ­ing for dai­ly news­pa­pers, nation­al mag­a­zines, and sports web­sites. He is an award-win­ning sports­writer, reporter, and busi­ness writer. Kel­ly inter­viewed nona­ge­nar­i­an Red Klotz as well as Red’s fam­i­ly, friends and numer­ous bas­ket­ball lumi­nar­ies over the course of six years in writ­ing his sto­ry. Kel­ly resides in Ocean City, NJ.