Kenneth Molloy, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Kenneth Molloy

New York State Supreme Court judge

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1919

Date of Death: 09-Mar-1999

Profession: judge, lacrosse player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Kenneth Molloy

  • Kenneth Dennis Molloy (August 2, 1919 – March 9, 1999) was a judge on the New York State Supreme Court. Molloy is known for his role in the cultivation of Jim Brown's legendary athletic talent.
  • When the coaching staffs at Syracuse University did not offer a scholarship to Brown, Molloy amassed enough money to pay for Brown's first year and obtained a promise from the school that if Brown was as talented as said to be, he would be put on scholarship. Molloy was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended high school at Manual Training High School where he played lacrosse, basketball, baseball and swimming.
  • He also worked on the school newspaper, was class president and a member of the student government.
  • Molloy was also a member of the Mu Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity and became acquainted with Manhasset through both the fraternity (which had a chapter in Manhasset) and through lacrosse which was then the only school on Long Island to have a team. From Brooklyn he went upstate to Syracuse University, where he played lacrosse and was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
  • He became a two-time All-American in lacrosse.
  • Following his time in the Navy, he returned to Syracuse for law school and doubled as the Syracuse Varsity Lacrosse coach.
  • Molloy passed the New York Bar Exam while still a law student and the Bar Association responded by precluding students from taking the exam in future. He came to Manhasset after law school and became deeply involved in the local lacrosse program and expanding the lacrosse programs at Long Island schools.
  • Over his nearly 50 years in Manhasset, his community involvement led to his being dubbed "Mr.
  • Manhasset." During the 1960s he was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for Congress.
  • The lacrosse field in Manhasset and an annual Lacrosse Invitational are named in his honor. He died in March 1999.
  • A formal memorial service at the Supreme Court Building in Mineola attracted participation by a record number of current and former justices.
  • His son, Kenneth Molloy, and grandson, Kenneth Thomas Molloy, are named after him.

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