Anthony John "Tony" Kelly (born 24 February 1963) is a former
Australian rules football
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er who played with
Collingwood Collingwood, meaning "wood of disputed ownership", may refer to:
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* Collingwood College, Victoria, an Australian state Prep to Year 12 school
* Collingwood College, Durham, college of Durham University, England
* Collingw ...
in the
Victorian Football League (VFL).
Originally from Trentham, Kelly began playing senior football for
Kyneton in 1979.
The following year he played in the
Melbourne reserves, then returned to Kyneton. In 1982 he was at
Victorian Football Association club
Preston
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England
*Preston, Lancashire, an urban settlement
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and was a member of the team which lost that year's grand final to
Port Melbourne.
[
From 1983 to 1985, Kelly played league football for Collingwood.][AFL Tables: Tony Kelly]
/ref> He made five appearances in 1983, four in 1984, then just one in 1985.[ Before the beginning of the 1986 season, Kelly was let go by Collingwood.
Back at Kyneton, Kelly won a ]best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
in 1988.[ He spent the next two seasons coaching Hepburn and led to club to the 1989 premiership.][ In 1991 he rejoined Kyneton, as coach, a job he held for two years.][ Kelly won Kyneton's best and fairest award again in 1992 and for a third time in 2000, his final season.][ He played in their 1995 and 1997 premiership sides.][
He was inducted into the Bendigo Football League Hall of Fame in 2010, for his 265-game career at Kyneton.][Bendigo Football League Hall of Fame]
References
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1963 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Collingwood Football Club players
Kyneton Football Club players
Preston Football Club (VFA) players
Living people