| Gabriel Kelly | |
| Irish: | Gaibrial Ó Ceallaigh |
| County: | Cavan |
| Code: | Football |
| Sport: | Gaelic football |
| Province: | Ulster |
| Club: | Bailieborough Cavan Gaels |
| Counties: | Cavan |
| Icyears: | 1955–1969 |
| Icprovince: | 4 |
| Icposition: | Right Corner Back |
| Icallireland: | 0 |
| Allstars: | 3 |
| Birth Place: | County Mayo, Ireland |
Gabriel Kelly is a former Gaelic footballer who played for the Cavan county team.
Renowned as one of the great corner-backs of his era, Kelly was the first Cavan man to receive an Cú Chulainn Award and featured regularly on All-Star teams selected in the 1960s ('63, '64, '67). He was a permanent fixture on the all-conquering Ulster Railway Cup teams of the 1960s (1964, ‘ 65, ’66 and ’68). He won Ulster Senior Football Championship medals in 1962, '64, '67 and '69.[1] [2] He went on to manage Cavan in the early '80's.