Who Is Travis and Jason Kelce's Dad? All About Ed Kelce
Travis, Ed and Jason Kelce.
Travis Kelce's dad, Ed Kelce, was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, in a part of town he's described as "blue collar." He played football in high school but had to drop the sport after injuring his knee. Kelce soon turned to the military, as generations of his family had before, only to be told that same injury would prevent him from enlisting.
As fate would have it, Kelce met his future wife, Donna Kelce, when they both stopped by the same bar one evening. While the two did divorce after nearly 25 years of marriage, they have maintained a friendship and support system that has helped their sons, Jason and Travis, make it all the way to Super Bowl games in the NFL.
Here is a look at Ed Kelce, dad to the talented Kelce brothers.
What does Ed Kelce do for a living?
Kelce originally wanted to join the military but was unable to serve due to a knee injury. He eventually found a career in the steel industry as a sales representative. More specifically, he sold products to steel manufacturers, a position that afforded him the opportunity to teach his sons about working in steel mills.
As he told the Los Angeles Times, "I’d take them there—hard hat, safety glasses, boots, the whole nine yards. I’d tell them, 'You can have a job like your mother’s, or you can have a job like mine.'" (Donna Kelce graduated with a Masters in Business Administration in 1983 and last served as an SVP before retiring in 2021.)
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Did Ed Kelce ever play football?
Kelce played football in high school until he suffered a knee injury that forced him to give the sport up. He was able to coach both of his sons as youth players.
Where is Ed Kelce from?
Kelce grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, the same city where his ex-wife Donna also lived as a child. In a February 2023 episode of his son's podcast, he described his hometown as a "Blue collar town, blue collar part of Cleveland, great neighborhood. It was a lot of fun."
Are Travis Kelce's parents still married?
Ed and Donna Kelce divorced after almost 25 years of marriage. The pair were open about their split in the documentary Kelce, and agreed that they would have liked to have divorced sooner than they did.
Ed said in the documentary, "If we had split as we probably both would have preferred, that would have been a nightmare with the logistics, getting kids where they had to be and providing all the support."
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When did Ed and Donna Kelce get divorced?
The exact date of the pair's divorce is unknown, but they were married until their sons finished college. Their youngest son, Travis, was drafted in 2008, so their divorce likely happened around then.
How many kids does Ed Kelce have?
Kelce is dad to Jason and Travis Kelce.
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What has Ed Kelce said about Taylor Swift?
In October 2023, Kelce had only nice things to say about Taylor Swift, whom he spent time with at a game. He told People, "I’ll tell you something very special that I noticed about Taylor the first time I met her. We're sitting in the suite, she gets up and in the front room, she gets up to go get a drink or something and she starts picking up empty bottles, cans, plates that are scattered around. Because in the suites everybody gets stuff and you empty it down wherever you can."
"And I'm just thinking, I don't think she got the diva memo," he added. "She didn't get the spoiled musician [memo]. She doesn't know how to pull that off. And that really to me said a whole lot."
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