Tim Kelly | |||
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![]() Kelly playing for Geelong in August 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Timothy Kelly | ||
Date of birth | 26 July 1994 | ||
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 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2018–2019 | Geelong | 48 (48) | |
2020– | West Coast | 112 (35) | |
Total | 160 (83) | ||
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
2025 | Indigenous All-Stars | 1 (1) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 20, 2025. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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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.
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]
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]
Kelly joined West Coast on a six-year deal valued at more than $4 million. [9]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2018 | Geelong | 11 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 277 | 249 | 526 | 77 | 81 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 13 |
2019 | Geelong | 11 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 381 | 254 | 635 | 89 | 106 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 24 |
2020 [a] | West Coast | 11 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 208 | 153 | 361 | 46 | 75 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 11 |
2021 | West Coast | 11 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 245 | 209 | 454 | 62 | 64 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 23.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 10 |
2022 | West Coast | 11 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 211 | 201 | 412 | 60 | 67 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 24.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3 |
2023 | West Coast | 11 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 63 | 123 | 21 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 30.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 | |
Career | 106 | 69 | 53 | 1382 | 1129 | 2511 | 355 | 405 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 10.7 | 23.7 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 61 |
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