Jack Kelly's Olympic Revenge

In 1920, Jack Kelly, father of Grace Kelly and a self-made millionaire, was banned from the Henley Regatta, a prestigious rowing event in England, under the pretext that he was not a gentleman (due to having worked as a manual laborer). He then went on to beat the Henley champion at the Olympics and sent the King of England a note saying simply, "Greetings from a bricklayer."

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