Tim Kelly (footballer)

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Tim Kelly
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Kelly playing for Geelong in August 2018
Personal information
Full name Tim Kelly
Date of birth (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 29)
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 75 (27)
Total123 (75)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 22, 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tim 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 between 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 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, a club that had previously overlooked him in numerous drafts, solely due to family reasons. But after long discussions, Geelong refused to trade him as they could not come to a suitable arrangement with the Eagles. [8] After a stellar 2019 which included his first All-Australian selection, a preliminary final appearance and a top 5 finish in the Brownlow Medal, Kelly once again requested a trade to the Eagles due to the same reason. He was finally traded on 9 October.[ citation needed ]

West Coast Eagles (2020-)

Kelly's wish was finally granted after being traded the Eagles, who had traded Picks 14, 24, 37 and future first round pick to get Kelly. He signed a 6-year contract estimated worth $5 million.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 4, 2023 [9]
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 [lower-alpha 1] 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 11442606312321121.00.515.015.830.85.33.0
Career10669531382112925113554050.70.513.010.723.73.43.861

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.

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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. ↑ "Tim Kelly". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
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