Jack Kelly (Australian footballer)

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Jack Kelly
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)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

Professional athlete

A finalist in the 1939 Stawell Gift (he finished fourth),[2][3] he won the Bendigo Gift (also 130 yards) two days later.[4]

Football

Red Cliffs (MDFL)

Red Cliffs Football Club in the Mildura District Football League.

St Kilda (VFL)

[5]

1937 Best First-Year Players

In September 1937, The Argus selected Kelly in its team of 1937's first-year players.[6]

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

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]

Military service

He served in the RAAF during World War II.[8][9]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.468.
  2. ^ Stawell Gift Finalists, The (Brisbane) Telegraph, (Friday, 14 April 1939), p.16.
  3. ^ Shaw, Roy, Sprague's yard win in Stawell Easter Gift, The Argus, (Tuesday, 11 April 1939), p.14.
  4. ^ Kelly wins Gift, The Argus, (Thursday, 13 April 1939), p.20.
  5. ^ Geelong want Jack Kelly: Letter to St. Kilda, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Monday, 14 February 1938), p.22.
  6. ^ Football Season's Many Good Recruits, The Argus, (Tuesday, 7 September 1937), p.14.
  7. ^ South Appoints New Coach: Ex-Interstate Player, The (Mount Gambier) Border Watch, (Thursday, 3 March 1949), p.6.
  8. ^ Nominal Roll.
  9. ^ Service Record.

References

  • 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.

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