Tony Kelly (Australian footballer)

Tony Kelly
Personal information
Full name Anthony John Kelly
Date of birth (1963-02-24) 24 February 1963 (age 61)
Original team(s) Kyneton / Preston
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (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]

References

  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Tony Kelly: An icon of the Kyneton Football Club". Footy Almanac.
  3. ^ "Tony Kelly". Demonwiki.
  4. ^ a b 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