Tim Kelly (footballer)

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Tim Kelly
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Kelly playing for Geelong in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Timothy Kelly
Born (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 31)
Original team(s) South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft No. 24, 2017 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2018, Geelong  vs. Melbourne, at MCG
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 11
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018–2019 Geelong 48 (48)
2020– West Coast 116 (36)
Total164 (84)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2025 Indigenous All-Stars 1 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Timothy Kelly (born 26 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He formerly played for the Geelong Football Club in 2018 and 2019.

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Early life and WAFL career

Kelly is from Perth and played his junior football for Palmyra. He has an Indigenous Australian father and a Chilean mother. [1] He made his senior WAFL debut for the South Fremantle Football Club in 2013. He was runner-up in the club's best and fairest in 2014. [2] During the 2017 WAFL season he finished runner-up in the Sandover Medal to Haiden Schloithe. [3] Before being drafted into the AFL, Kelly was an apprentice electrician. His partner/fiancée is Caitlin Miller and they have three sons. [4]

AFL career

Geelong (2018–2019)

Kelly was drafted by Geelong with their second selection and twenty-fourth overall in the 2017 national draft as an over-age draftee. [5] He made his debut in the three-point win against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2018 season. [6] At the 2018 AFL Players' Association Awards, he was voted Best First Year Player by fellow players. [7] At the end of the 2018 season, Kelly requested a trade to the West Coast Eagles, but Geelong refused to trade him. [8] In 2019, Kelly made his first All-Australian selection and finished top 5 in the Brownlow Medal,[ citation needed ] and helped Geelong reach the preliminary final. Following the season, he once again requested a trade to the Eagles, which was completed on 9 October 2019. [9]

West Coast (2020–present)

Kelly joined West Coast on a six-year deal valued at more than $4 million. [9]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2025 season [10]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2018 Geelong 1123241627724952677811.00.712.010.822.93.33.513
2019 Geelong 11252418381254635891061.00.715.210.225.43.64.224
2020 [a] West Coast 11185620815336146750.30.211.68.520.12.64.211
2021 West Coast 11196824520945462640.30.412.911.023.93.33.410
2022 West Coast 11176521120141260670.40.312.411.824.23.53.93
2023 West Coast 1122106288333621751040.50.313.115.128.23.44.711
2024 West Coast 11204924023847855970.20.512.011.923.92.84.95
2025 West Coast 11205817517735255570.30.48.88.917.62.82.90
Career16484742024181438385196520.50.512.311.123.43.24.077

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

  1. ↑ AFL draft: South Fremantle star Tim Kelly ripe for the picking
  2. ↑ Tim Kelly WAFL statistics
  3. ↑ "New recruit Tim Kelly fits the Cats to a T". The Age . 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Will it be a case of 'sixth time lucky' for South Fremantle star Tim Kelly at AFL draft?
  5. ↑ Reid, Russell (25 November 2017). "AFL draft 2017: Cats pounce on Tim Kelly, the Bulldog who lit up the WAFL". The West Australian . Seven West Media . Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  6. ↑ Cleary, Mitch (23 March 2018). "'Big Sav' one of three debutants for Cats". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media . Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Balmer, Matt (30 August 2018). "AFL best first year player 2018: Tim Kelly takes out AFL Players' Association award AFL Matt Balmer". Fox Sports Australia . Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ↑ Staff Writers (5 October 2018). "Geelong midfielder Tim Kelly requests trade to West Coast Eagles". Fox Sports Australia .
  9. 1 2 "Home, sweet home: Kelly finally an Eagle after mega-trade with Cats". afl.com.au. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Tim Kelly". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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