Tony Kellow
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Tony Kellow[1] | ||
Date of birth | 1 May 1952 | ||
Place of birth | Budock Water, Cornwall, UK | ||
Date of death | 20 February 2011 | (aged 58)||
Place of death | Truro, Cornwall, UK | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970?–1973 | Penzance | ||
1973–1974 | Falmouth Town | 30 | (43) |
1974?–1975 | Penzance | ||
1975–1976 | Falmouth Town | 44 | (46) |
1976–1978 | Exeter City | 107 | (40) |
1978–1980 | Blackpool | 57 | (23) |
1980–1984 | Exeter City | 143 | (61) |
1984 | Plymouth Argyle | 10 | (2) |
1984 | Swansea City | 1 | (0) |
1984–1985 | Newport County | 20 | (8) |
1985–1988 | Exeter City | 82 | (28) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Tony Kellow (1 May 1952 – 20 February 2011) was an English professional
Early career
He was born in
Football League
A centre-forward, his professional career began when he signed for Exeter City from Falmouth Town in 1976, for a fee of £12,000.[6] Tony won the Football League's "Golden Boot" in 1980/81 for being the highest goal scorer in all four divisions. He was sold to Blackpool, in November 1978, for £125,000, which was Blackpool's record outlay at the time.[7]
He returned to Exeter City for a second spell, and joined Plymouth Argyle in 1983.[3] After 13 appearances with Plymouth he moved to Swansea City in March 1984.[8]
He then moved to Newport County, before a return for a third spell with Exeter City.[3]
Death
Kellow died on 20 February 2011,[9][10] in Truro's Treliske Hospital of kidney failure after being found unconscious at his Budock Water home. He was 58 years old.[7] His funeral service was held at St Budock Parish Church on 28 February 2011, and his body was then cremated at Truro's Penmount Crematorium. A memorial stone in honour of Kellow stands close to the Trelowarren Arms pub in Budock Water.[11]
References
- ^ "Tony Kellow". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- ^ a b c Football League career stats at Neil Brown
- ^ "Former Exeter striker Kellow dies". BBC Sport. 21 February 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Football fans come out in droves to bid farewell to Tony kellow". CBS Resource Library. Northcliffe Newspapers Group Ltd. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2011.[dead link]
- ^ A brief history of Falmouth Town AFC Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Falmouth Town AFC
- ^ a b "Tony Kellow". It's Not Orange It's Tangerine. Footy Mad. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Tony Kellow". Greens on Screen. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
- ^ "Cornwall football mourns the death of Tony Kellow". Cornish Guardian. 21 February 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ Exeter, This is (22 February 2011). "Tributes paid to Grecians legend Tony Kellow who died yesterday". Exeter Express and Echo. Retrieved 11 August 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Emma Goodfellow (28 February 2011). "Budock funeral for footballing legend Tony Kellow". the Packet. Newsquest Media (Southern). Retrieved 30 December 2012.