Jack Kelly (English footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Kelly[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Hetton-le-Hole, England | ||
| Date of death | 2000 (aged 86–87) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) |
Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hetton Juniors | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1930–1933 | Burnley | 30 | (12) |
| 1933–1935 | Newcastle United | 5 | (1) |
| 1935–1938 | Leeds United | 59 | (17) |
| 1938–1939 | Birmingham | 12 | (1) |
| 1939–194? | Bury[A] | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Kelly (2 March 1913 – 2000) was an English professional
Career
Kelly was born in
the Football League for Burnley, and joined Newcastle United as part of a player exchange deal in April 1933. He rarely appeared for Newcastle's first team, and moved on to Leeds United in February 1935 for a fee of £1,150.[3] He was first choice at centre forward in the 1935–36 season, scoring 15 goals in 34 games in the First Division, but lost out the following season to Arthur Hydes. After a season and a half playing in the Central League with only occasional appearances for the first team,[4] Kelly joined Birmingham in January 1938.[3] He went straight into the starting eleven, but lost his place after eight games without a goal, and made only four appearances in the 1938–39 season.[5] In May 1939 he joined Bury,[3] but after three games and one goal the Football League was abandoned for the duration of the Second World War.[1]
Kelly retired from the game during the war. He was a butcher by trade, and also worked part-time as a magician.[3] He died in Hetton-le-Hole in 2000.[2]
Notes
A. ^ These appearances and goal are for the 1939–40 Football League season abandoned when the Second World War started.[1]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
- ^ a b "Kelly: John (Jack)". Leeds United F.C. History. Tony Hill. Retrieved 15 October 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
- ^ "Jack Kelly". leeds-fans.org. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ Matthews, pp. 180–81.