Tim Kelly (footballer)
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| Tim Kelly | |||
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 Kelly playing for Geelong in April 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Tim Kelly | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1994 | ||
| Original team(s) | South Fremantle (WAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 24, 2017 national draft | ||
| Debut |
Round 1, 2018, Geelong vs. Melbourne, at MCG | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | West Coast | ||
| Number | 11 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2018–2019 | Geelong | 48 (48) | |
| 2020– | West Coast | 34 (11) | |
| Total | 82 (59) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Rd19 2021. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Tim Kelly (born 26 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He formerly played for the Geelong Football Club between 2018 and 2019.
Early life and WAFL career[]
Kelly is from Perth and played his junior football for Palmyra. He has an Indigenous Australian father and a Chilean mother.[1] He made his senior WAFL debut for the South Fremantle Football Club in 2013. He was runner-up in the club best and fairest in 2014.[2] During the 2017 WAFL season he finished runner-up in the Sandover Medal to Haiden Schloithe.[3] Before being drafted into the AFL, Kelly was an apprentice electrician. His partner/fiancée is Caitlin Miller and they have three sons.[4]
AFL career[]
Geelong (2018-2019)[]
Kelly was drafted by Geelong with their second selection and twenty-fourth overall in the 2017 national draft as an over age draftee[5] He made his debut in the three-point win against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2018 season.[6] At the 2018 AFL Players' Association Awards he was voted Best First Year Player by fellow players.[7] At the end of the 2018 season, Kelly requested a trade to the West Coast Eagles, a club that had previously overlooked him in numerous drafts, solely due to family reasons. But after long discussions, Geelong refused to trade him as they could not come to a suitable arrangement with the Eagles.[8] After a stellar 2019 which included his first All-Australian selection, a preliminary final appearance and a top 5 finish in the Brownlow Medal, Kelly once again requested a trade to West Coast due to the same reason. He was finally traded on 9 October.[citation needed]
West Coast Eagles (2020-)[]
Kelly’s wish was finally granted after being traded the Eagles, who had traded Picks 14, 24, 37 and future first round pick to get Kelly. He signed a 6 year contract estimated worth $5 million dollars.
Statistics[]
- Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season[9]
| G | Goals | B | Behinds | K | Kicks | H | Handballs | D | Disposals | M | Marks | T | Tackles |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2018 | Geelong | 11 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 277 | 249 | 526 | 77 | 81 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 13 |
| 2019 | Geelong | 11 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 381 | 254 | 635 | 89 | 106 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 24 |
| 2020[a] | West Coast | 11 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 208 | 153 | 361 | 46 | 75 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 11 |
| 2021 | West Coast | 11 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 245 | 209 | 454 | 62 | 64 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 23.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | |
| Career | 85 | 59 | 46 | 1111 | 865 | 1976 | 274 | 326 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 10.2 | 23.3 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 48 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References[]
- ^ AFL draft: South Fremantle star Tim Kelly ripe for the picking
- ^ Tim Kelly WAFL statistics
- ^ New recruit Tim Kelly fits the Cats to a T
- ^ Will it be a case of 'sixth time lucky' for South Fremantle star Tim Kelly at AFL draft?
- ^ Reid, Russell (25 November 2017). "AFL draft 2017: Cats pounce on Tim Kelly, the Bulldog who lit up the WAFL". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Cleary, Mitch (23 March 2018). "'Big Sav' one of three debutants for Cats". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Balmer, Matt (30 August 2018). "AFL best first year player 2018: Tim Kelly takes out AFL Players' Association award AFL Matt Balmer". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
- ^ Staff Writers (5 October 2018). "Geelong midfielder Tim Kelly requests trade to West Coast Eagles". Fox Sports Australia.
- ^ "Tim Kelly". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
External links[]
- Tim Kelly's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
- Tim Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Geelong Football Club players
- South Fremantle Football Club players
- Australian rules footballers from Western Australia
- Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football
- Australian people of Chilean descent
- West Coast Eagles players
- All-Australians (AFL)