Terry Kelly (Irish Footballer)
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Terry Kelly was the captain of
Derry City F.C. Derry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Derry, Northern Ireland. It plays in the League of Ireland Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland, and is the League of Ireland ...
in 1985. He is noted for being the first
football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
player in the world to captain the same team for whom he played in two different national leagues.Mahon, Eddie (1998). ''Derry City FC'', Guildhall Press, p. 124. Kelly founded the
Derry and District League The Derry and District League is an amateur football league in Derry. The league includes youth and senior football teams. The Senior Sunday league football, Sunday League has two divisions, the Premier and the First Division. The Youth Leagues ...
team Don Bosco's F.C.


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League of Ireland players Living people Men's association footballers from Northern Ireland Men's association football players not categorized by position Year of birth missing (living people) Derry City F.C. players {{NorthernIreland-footy-bio-stub