Jack_Kelly_(Australian_footballer)
Jack Kelly (Australian footballer)
Australian rules footballer, born 1916
John Frederick Kelly (15 July 1916 – 23 June 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
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| Jack Kelly | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | John Frederick Kelly | ||
| Date of birth | (1916-07-15)15 July 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Mildura, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 23 June 1971(1971-06-23) (aged 54) | ||
| Place of death | Mount Gambier, South Australia | ||
| Original team(s) | Red Cliffs (MDFL) | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Wing | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–42, 1944 | St Kilda | 89 (33) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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A finalist in the 1939 Stawell Gift (he finished fourth),[2][3] he won the Bendigo Gift (also 130 yards) two days later.[4]
Red Cliffs (MDFL)
Red Cliffs Football Club in the Mildura District Football League.
St Kilda (VFL)
1937 Best First-Year Players
In September 1937, The Argus selected Kelly in its team of 1937's first-year players.[6]
More information Best First-Year Players (1937) ...
| Best First-Year Players (1937) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy) |
Reg Henderson (Richmond) |
Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy) |
| H/Backs | Gordon Waters (Hawthorn) |
Bill Cahill (Essendon) |
Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne) |
| Centre Line | Ted Buckley (Melbourne) |
George Bates (Richmond) |
Jack Kelly (St Kilda) |
| H/Forwards | Col Williamson (St Kilda) |
Ray Watts (Essendon) |
Don Dilks (Footscray) |
| Forwards | Lou Sleeth (Richmond) |
Sel Murray (North Melbourne) |
Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn) |
| Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin (St Kilda) |
Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne) |
Des Fothergill (Collingwood) |
| Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |
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Oakleigh (VFA)
South Gambier (MGDFA)
In 1949 he was appointed captain-coach of the South Gambier Football Club in the Mount Gambier and District Football Association.[7]
- Holmesby & Main (2014), p.468.
- Nominal Roll.
- Service Record.
- World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Aircraftman John Frederick Kelly (418129), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- World War Two Service Record: Leading Aircraftman John Frederick Kelly (418129), National Archives of Australia.
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- Jack Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Jack Kelly at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Kelly, at The VFA Project.
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