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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

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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]

Football

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Red Cliffs (MDFL)

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Red Cliffs Football Club in the Mildura District Football League.

St Kilda (VFL)

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1937 Best First-Year Players

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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)

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South Gambier (MGDFA)

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In 1949 he was appointed captain-coach of the South Gambier Football Club in the Mount Gambier and District Football Association.[7]

Military service

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

Notes

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References

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  • 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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