Tony Kelly (Australian footballer)

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]

Tony Kelly
Personal information
Full name Anthony John Kelly
Date of birth (1963-02-24) 24 February 1963
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

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. "Tony Kelly: An icon of the Kyneton Football Club". Footy Almanac.
  3. "Tony Kelly". Demonwiki.
  4. 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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