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3 unusual facts about Kelly Candaele


Casey Candaele

Casey's brother is filmmaker Kelly Candaele, whose PBS documentary about the AAGPBL led to the creation of the 1992 film A League of Their Own directed by Penny Marshall.

Helen Callaghan

Another son, Kelly Candaele, is a politician, filmmaker, teacher, and writer, he produced a PBS documentary special on the AAGPBL.

Kelly Candaele

He has lectured at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Occidental College, and University of California, Irvine.


Pauline Pirok

A League of Their Own itself was inspired by the 1987 documentary of the same title, written and produced by Kelly Candaele, one of the five sons of Helen Callaghan, who in 1945 won the AAGPBL batting championship with a .299 average.


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