Tony Kelly (Australian footballer)

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Tony Kelly
Personal information
Full name Anthony John Kelly
Date of birth (1963-02-24) 24 February 1963 (age 58)
Original team(s) Kyneton / Preston
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1983–1985 Collingwood 10 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Anthony John "Tony" Kelly (born 24 February 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Originally from Trentham, Kelly began playing senior football for Kyneton in 1979. [2] The following year he played in the Melbourne reserves, then returned to Kyneton. [3] In 1982 he was at Victorian Football Association club Preston and was a member of the team which lost that year's grand final to Port Melbourne. [2]

From 1983 to 1985, Kelly played league football for Collingwood. [4] He made five appearances in 1983, four in 1984, then just one in 1985. [4] Before the beginning of the 1986 season, Kelly was let go by Collingwood. [5]

Back at Kyneton, Kelly won a best and fairest in 1988. [2] He spent the next two seasons coaching Hepburn and led to club to the 1989 premiership. [2] In 1991 he rejoined Kyneton, as coach, a job he held for two years. [2] Kelly won Kyneton's best and fairest award again in 1992 and for a third time in 2000, his final season. [2] He played in their 1995 and 1997 premiership sides. [2] [6]

He was inducted into the Bendigo Football League Hall of Fame in 2010, for his 265-game career at Kyneton. [2] [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Tony Kelly: An icon of the Kyneton Football Club". Footy Almanac.
  3. ↑ "Tony Kelly". Demonwiki.
  4. 1 2 AFL Tables: Tony Kelly
  5. ↑ The Age , "Kelly's notice ends Pie sackings", 29 January 1986, p. 28
  6. ↑ The Age , "Doing hard yards at Kyneton", 26 June 2011, Adam McNicol
  7. ↑ Bendigo Football League Hall of Fame Archived 11 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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