John F. Kennedy Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Sports === [[File:President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics (01) (A).jpg|thumb|President John F. Kennedy with the [[Boston Celtics]], January 1963]] Kennedy was a fan of [[Major League Baseball]]'s [[Boston Red Sox]] and the [[National Basketball Association]]'s [[Boston Celtics]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaping Up America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Physical Fitness |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/shaping-up-america-jfk-sports-and-the-call-to-physical-fitness |website=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |access-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213033135/https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/shaping-up-america-jfk-sports-and-the-call-to-physical-fitness |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Prince |first1=DeAntae |title=Satch Sanders Q&A: The NBA And the White House |url=https://www.si.com/nba/2017/01/20/nba-white-house-visit-satch-sanders-celtics-jfk-donald-trump |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319212136/https://www.si.com/nba/2017/01/20/nba-white-house-visit-satch-sanders-celtics-jfk-donald-trump |url-status=live }}</ref> Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for [[sailing]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Summertime Sailing |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfkl-from-home/jfkl-from-home-puzzles/summertime-sailing |website=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |access-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240319224056/https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfkl-from-home/jfkl-from-home-puzzles/summertime-sailing |url-status=live }}</ref> He also took up [[golf]]; playing regularly at the [[Hyannisport Club]] in Massachusetts and the Palm Beach Country Club in Florida.<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaping Up America: JFK, Sports and the Call to Physical Fitness |url=https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/shaping-up-america-jfk-sports-and-the-call-to-physical-fitness |website=John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum |access-date=March 19, 2024 |archive-date=February 13, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213033135/https://www.jfklibrary.org/visit-museum/exhibits/past-exhibits/shaping-up-america-jfk-sports-and-the-call-to-physical-fitness |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Buccellato |first1=Robert |title=Images of America: Presidential Vacations in Florida |date=2021 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |page=98}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page