Jack Kelly
St Kilda
AFL career
89 games33 goals
- Debut
- R1 1937 v FIT24 Apr 1937
- Most recent
- R14 1944 v SME5 Aug 1944
Stats
Bio
Recruited from Red Cliffs in the Mildura district, Jack Kelly was a lightning-fast wingman whose football journey was defined by his elite athletic pedigree. A professional sprinter who made the final of the prestigious Stawell Gift and won the Bendigo Gift in 1939, he utilised his searing turn of foot to break lines and drive St Kilda into attack. Kelly made an immediate impression at Junction Oval, earning recognition from The Argus as one of the league's best first-year players in 1937, and remained a constant presence in the side until his career was eventually curtailed by service with the RAAF during World War II.
Profile
- Full name
- Jack F. Kelly
- Born
- 15 July 1916
- Died
- 23 June 1971 (aged 54y 343d)
- Birthplace
- Mildura, VIC
- Deathplace
- Mount Gambier, SA
- Height
- 174 cm
- Weight
- 69 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionRecruited from Red Cliffs in the Mildura district, Jack Kelly was a lightning-fast wingman whose football journey was defined by his elite athletic pedigree. A professional sprinter who made the final of the prestigious Stawell Gift and won the Bendigo Gift in 1939, he utilised his searing turn of foot to break lines and drive St Kilda into attack. Kelly made an immediate impression at Junction Oval, earning recognition from The Argus as one of the league's best first-year players in 1937, and remained a constant presence in the side until his career was eventually curtailed by service with the RAAF during World War II.