Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Edward F. Kenney, Sr. (1921 - 2006) was an American executive and in professional baseball. A native of Massachusetts, Kenney was born in Medford and raised in Winchester where he captained the high school baseball team. He later spent three years as the starting shortstop for the Boston College, where he graduated in 1943 and enlisted in the United States Army. At the conclusion of World War II he was signed by Hugh Duffy, a Boston Red Sox scout and former manager, who converted him to a pitcher. Kenney joined the Boston organization as a promising young prospect in 1946, but his pitching career was curtailed prematurelly by arm problems. During the Red Sox drive to the American League pennant that season, he worked in the club's ticket office.