James Kelly (Australian footballer)

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Australian rules footballer

James Kelly
Kelly playing in June 2017.
Personal information
Full name	James Kelly
Nickname(s)	Kell, Pops, The Custodian
Date of birth	(1983-12-29) 29 December 1983 (age 41)
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Original team(s)	Calder Cannons (TAC Cup) Rupertswood (RDFL)
Draft	No. 17, 2001 national draft
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Position(s)	Half Back / Midfielder
Playing career
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2002–2015	Geelong	273 (88)
2016–2017	Essendon	040 0(2)
Total		313 (90)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2008	Victoria	1 (0)
International team honours
2011	Australia	2 (0)
Playing statistics correct to the end of 2017. State and international statistics correct as of 2008.
Career highlights
3× AFL Premiership player (2007, 2009, 2011) 2× AFL Pre-Season Premiership player (2006, 2009) All-Australian team (2011) AFL Rising Star nominee (2002)
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

James Kelly (born 29 December 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Playing career

Kelly playing in 2008.

Since 2001, Kelly played with the Geelong Football Club. Playing as an on-baller in the powerful midfield, he has shown capability in gaining many possessions and running well, as well as showing great courage. Kelly, is a natural born leader who has played a pivotal role in Geelong's dominant era, one of only twelve players to play in all three of Geelong's recent premierships.

He was a member of Geelong's 2006 NAB Cup Premiership team, as well as the drought-breaking 2007 AFL Premiership Team. He was also a member of Geelong's losing side in the 2008 Grand Final and their victorious sides in the 2009 and 2011 Grand Finals. He was delisted at the end of the 2015 AFL season, despite averaging 20.5 disposals in 17 games, he subsequently retired from the AFL before signing with the Essendon Football Club in January 2016 as a top-up player in the wake of the club's supplements scandal. Under the player top-up rules, he was delisted at the conclusion of the 2016 season, however, in November he re-signed with Essendon during the delisted free agency period. On 16 August 2017, Kelly retired from playing AFL after 313 games with Geelong and Essendon.

Coaching career

Kelly joined the Essendon coaching staff for the 2018 season and remained there for three years, retiring in February, 2021.

Kelly re-joined Geelong as an assistant coach for the 2022 season

Statistics

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
2002	Geelong	9	15	7	5	137	85	222	41	49	0.5	0.3	9.1	5.7	14.8	2.7	3.3
2003	Geelong	9	18	6	8	129	109	238	43	55	0.3	0.4	7.2	6.1	13.2	2.4	3.1
2004	Geelong	9	13	9	4	151	84	235	48	41	0.7	0.3	11.6	6.5	18.1	3.7	3.2
2005	Geelong	9	24	13	7	254	178	432	95	83	0.5	0.3	10.6	7.4	18.0	4.0	3.5
2006	Geelong	9	15	7	2	134	119	253	48	40	0.5	0.1	8.9	7.9	16.9	3.2	2.7
2007	Geelong	9	23	11	10	201	246	447	85	84	0.5	0.4	8.7	10.7	19.4	3.7	3.7
2008	Geelong	9	21	8	7	196	232	428	95	112	0.4	0.3	9.3	11.0	20.4	4.5	5.3
2009	Geelong	9	18	2	2	195	212	407	88	55	0.1	0.1	10.8	11.8	22.6	4.9	3.1
2010	Geelong	9	23	7	1	257	301	558	87	140	0.3	0.0	11.2	13.1	24.3	3.8	6.1
2011	Geelong	9	24	5	12	319	258	577	62	186	0.2	0.5	13.3	10.8	24.0	2.6	7.8
2012	Geelong	9	19	2	5	257	213	470	59	128	0.1	0.3	13.5	11.2	24.7	3.1	6.7
2013	Geelong	9	20	10	12	234	202	436	50	153	0.5	0.6	11.7	10.1	21.8	2.5	7.7
2014	Geelong	9	23	0	4	312	176	488	113	89	0.0	0.2	13.6	7.6	21.2	4.9	3.9
2015	Geelong	9	17	1	7	185	163	348	80	71	0.1	0.4	10.9	9.6	20.5	4.7	4.2
2016	Essendon	47	20	2	3	268	238	506	129	86	0.1	0.2	13.4	11.9	25.3	6.5	4.3
2017	Essendon	47	20	0	0	209	196	405	115	74	0.0	0.0	10.5	9.8	20.3	5.8	3.7
Career			313	90	89	3438	3012	6450	1238	1446	0.3	0.3	11.0	9.6	20.6	4.0	4.6

Personal life

In 2008, Kelly was an ambassador for an anti-alcohol-fuelled violence campaign run by the Geelong Advertiser titled "Just Think". In this role, Kelly appeared in advertising alongside fellow ambassadors, and Geelong teammates, Tom Harley and David Wojcinski.

Honours

AFL

3× AFL Premiership: (2007, 2009, 2011)
2× AFL Pre-Season Premiership: (2006, 2009)
All-Australian team: 2011
Jim Stynes Medal: 2011
AFL Rising Star nominee: 2001

Geelong

Geelong FC Best First Year Player Award: (2002)
VFL Premiership Player: (2002)

TAC Cup

TAC Cup Premiership: (2001)
TAC Cup Team of the Year: (2001)

References

Kelly, James (28 April 2009). "Ask James Kelly". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 28 April 2009.
Sewell, Eliza (17 May 2012). "James Kelly a joker in the pack". Herald Sun.
Adam Baldwin (3 September 2015). "Will Geelong trio Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Mathew Stokes get lifeline from rival clubs?". Fox Sports.
Ryan, Peter (20 January 2016). "Triple flag winner Kelly joins Essendon". Australian Football League. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
Twomey, Liam; Salemme, Kate (5 October 2016). "James Kelly will likely return to Essendon to play a second season with the Bombers". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
"Essendon officially signs James Kelly and Matt Dea to new deals". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
"Kelly: It's been tough to say goodbye".
"Kelly Returns to Cats as Assistant Coach". Geelong Cats. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
"James Kelly stats". AFL Tables. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
^ Devic, Aleks (5 December 2008). "Just Think campaign reaches new heights". Geelong Advertiser. Retrieved 16 February 2009.

External links

James Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Geelong Football Club 2007 AFL premiers
Geelong 24.19 (163) defeated Port Adelaide 6.8 (44), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. King 2. Harley (c) 3. Bartel 4. Mackie 6. Ottens 8. Hunt 9. Kelly 11. Corey 14. Selwood 17. Byrnes 20. Johnson 21. Mooney 23. N. Ablett 27. Stokes 29. G. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling
Coach: Thompson

v t e Geelong Football Club 2009 AFL premiers
Geelong 12.8 (80) defeated St Kilda 9.14 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
2. Harley (c) 3. Bartel 4. Mackie 5. Varcoe 6. Ottens 7. Taylor 9. Kelly 11. Corey 14. Selwood 17. Byrnes 20. Johnson 21. Mooney 24. Blake 26. Hawkins 29. Ablett 30. Scarlett 33. Rooke 35. Chapman 39. Milburn 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling
Coach: Thompson

v t e Geelong Football Club 2011 AFL premiers
Geelong 18.11 (119) defeated Collingwood 12.9 (81), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
3. Bartel 4. Mackie 5. Varcoe 6. Ottens 7. Taylor 8. Hunt 9. Kelly 11. Corey 12. West 13. Lonergan 14. Selwood 20. Johnson 22. Duncan 26. Hawkins 27. Stokes 28. Christensen 30. Scarlett 31. Podsiadly 35. Chapman 40. Wojcinski 44. Enright 45. Ling (c)
Coach: Scott

v t e 2011 All-Australian team
Full-back	Matthew Scarlett (Geelong) Darren Glass (West Coast) Corey Enright (Geelong)
Half-back	Robert Murphy (Western Bulldogs) Ben Reid (Collingwood) Leon Davis (Collingwood)
Centre	Dale Thomas (Collingwood) Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn) Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
Half-forward	Marc Murphy (Carlton) Travis Cloke (Collingwood) Dane Swan (Collingwood)
Full-forward	Stephen Milne (St Kilda) Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) Adam Goodes (Sydney)
Ruck	Dean Cox (West Coast) Chris Judd (Carlton) (vc) Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (c)
Interchange	Matthew Boyd (Western Bulldogs) Nick Dal Santo (St Kilda) James Kelly (Geelong) Drew Petrie (North Melbourne)
Coach	Chris Scott (Geelong)
← 2010 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2012 →

v t e Victorian Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match
Bartel Bradshaw C. Brown J. Brown (c) Chapman Croad Fevola Foley Fraser Goodes Harvey Johnson Judd Kelly Milburn Mitchell Murphy O'Keefe Pendlebury Power Scarlett Selwood Shaw Simmonds Waite Coach: Thompson

Victorian Team – 2008 Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Coach: Thompson

v t e 2002 AFL Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Medhurst Rd 2: Judd Rd 3: Armstrong Rd 4: Bartel Rd 5: Riewoldt Rd 6: Cloke Rd 7: Clarke Rd 8: Rodan Rd 9: Birss Rd 10: McGough Rd 11: Hargrave Rd 12: Kelly Rd 13: Burgoyne Rd 14: Coughlan Rd 15: Hodge Rd 16: Didak Rd 17: Ries Rd 18: McMahon Rd 19: Kennelly Rd 20: Zantuck Rd 21: Charman Rd 22: Brown
Italics denote winner

v t e Jim Stynes Medal winners
1998: Silvagni 1999: Akermanis 2000: Hird 2001: Lloyd 2002: Kellaway 2003: Harvey 2004: Brown 2005: McLeod 2006: O'Keefe 2008: Simpson 2010: Swan 2011: Kelly 2013: McGrath 2014: Hodge 2015: Taylor 2017: Fyfe

v t e Australian squad – 2011 International Rules Series
Douglas Frawley Gray Green (c) Grigg Kelly King McGlynn McKenzie Milne Monfries Nahas Nicoski Patfull Robinson Shiels Smith Suckling (gk) Swallow ~~Sylvia~~ Trengove Vince Ward Wojcinski Wood
Coach: Eade

v t e 2001 AFL national draft
First round	1. Luke Hodge (PP) 2. Luke Ball (PP) 3. Chris Judd (PP) 4. Graham Polak 5. Xavier Clarke 6. Ashley Sampi 7. David Hale 8. Jimmy Bartel 9. Luke Molan 10. Sam Power 11. Richard Cole 12. Brent Reilly 13. Nick Dal Santo 14. Ashley Watson 15. Barry Brooks 16. Rick Ladson 17. James Kelly 18. Shane Harvey 19. Jason Gram
Second round	20. Daniel Elstone 21. Matt Maguire 22. Mark Seaby 23. Charlie Gardiner 24. Steve Johnson 25. Steven Armstrong 26. Aaron Rogers 27. Tom Davidson 28. Mark Powell 29. Lewis Roberts-Thomson 30. Rod Crowe 31. Joel Reynolds 32. Campbell Brown 33. David Rodan 34. Simon O'Keefe 35. Jarrad Wright
Third round	36. Sam Mitchell 37. Leigh Montagna 38. Ashley Hansen 39. Justin Davies 40. Gary Ablett Jr. (F/S) 41. Henry Playfair 42. Kieran McGuinness 43. Mark McGough 44. Ben Finnin 45. Nathan Clarke 46. Jarrad Waite (F/S) 47. Andrew Welsh 48. Simon Cox 49. Josh Houlihan 50. Paul Salmon
Fourth round	52. Andrew Browne 53. Daniel Hunt 54. Ben Robbins 55. Brad Miller 56. Paul Medhurst 57. Brent Colbert 58. Dane Swan 59. Jacob Schuback 60. Adam Schneider 61. Mick Martyn 62. Damon White 63. Adam Houlihan 64. Daniel McAlister
Sixth round	68. Chris Hyde 69. Matthew McCarthy 71. Brian Harris 72. Tristen Walker 74. Ricky Mott 75. Sam Cranage 76. Jared Poulton 77. Marty McGrath
Seventh round	80. Hugh Foott 81. David Johnson
Eighth round	83. Aaron James

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