| Jack Kelly | |
| Fullname: | John Frederick Kelly |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Mildura, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Originalteam: | Red Cliffs (MDFL) |
| Height: | 174 cm |
| Weight: | 69 kg |
| Position: | Wing |
| Statsend: | 1944 |
| Years1: | 1937–42, 1944 |
| Games Goals1: | 89 (33) |
John Frederick Kelly (15 July 1916 – 23 June 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
A finalist in the 1939 Stawell Gift (he finished fourth),[2] [3] he won the Bendigo Gift (also 130 yards) two days later.[4]
Red Cliffs Football Club in the Mildura District Football League.
In September 1937, The Argus selected Kelly in its team of 1937's first-year players.[6]
| Best First-Year Players (1937) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backs | Bernie Treweek (Fitzroy) | Reg Henderson (Richmond) | Lawrence Morgan (Fitzroy) | |
| H/Backs | Gordon Waters (Hawthorn) | Bill Cahill (Essendon) | Eddie Morcom (North Melbourne) | |
| Centre Line | Ted Buckley (Melbourne) | George Bates (Richmond) | Jack Kelly (St Kilda) | |
| H/Forwards | Col Williamson (St Kilda) | Ray Watts (Essendon) | Don Dilks (Footscray) | |
| Forwards | Lou Sleeth (Richmond) | Sel Murray (North Melbourne) | Charlie Pierce (Hawthorn) | |
| Rucks/Rover | Reg Garvin (St Kilda) | Sandy Patterson (South Melbourne) | Des Fothergill (Collingwood) | |
| Second Ruck | Lawrence Morgan | Col Williamson | Lou Sleeth |
In 1949 he was appointed captain-coach of the South Gambier Football Club in the Mount Gambier and District Football Association.[7]
He served in the RAAF during World War II.[8] [9]