Joe Kelly (footballer, born 1907)

Australian rules footballer, born 1907

Australian rules footballer

Joe Kelly

Personal information
Date of birth|  7 June 1907
Date of death|  17 June 1998(1998-06-17) (aged 91)
Original team(s)|  Old Xaverians
Height|  175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight|  74 kg (163 lb)
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
1926–1934|  Carlton|  137 (15)
Coaching career
Years|  Club|  Games (W–L–D)
1937–1940|  Footscray|  069 (29–40–0)
1941–1944|  South Melbourne|  063 (31–32–0)
Total|  |  132 (60–72–0)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1944.

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Joe Kelly (7 June 1907 – 17 June 1998) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League before becoming a coach.[1]

Kelly was a left footed wingman with considerable pace and played 137 games for Carlton between 1926 and 1934. He began his coaching career in 1937 with Footscray where he took over from Syd Coventry mid-season. The following year he led the club to their first ever finals appearance, finishing the home and away season in third position. He moved to South Melbourne in 1941 and in 1942 led them all the way to the Preliminary Final where they went down to eventual premiers Essendon.

## References

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1. ^ "Carlton player's scrapbook surfaces after 100 years". carltonfc.com.au. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 24 July 2025.

## External links

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* Joe Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Joe Kelly at AustralianFootball.com
* Coaching record

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Coaches of the Footscray Football Club/Western Bulldogs

VFL/AFL|

* 1925: McCarthy
* 1926: Saunders
* 1926: Cassidy
* 1927–1928: Scanlan
* 1929: Eason
* 1930: Hopkins
* 1931–1933: Cubbins
* 1934–1935: Morrison
* 1935–1937: Coventry
* 1937–1940: Kelly
* 1941–1942: Ware
* 1943–1946: Olliver
* 1947: Crowe
* 1948–1950: Olliver
* 1951–1957: Sutton
* 1957–1966: Whitten
* 1967–1968: Sutton
* 1969–1971: Whitten
* 1972–1975: Rose
* 1976–1978: Goggin
* 1978–1979: McKenzie
* 1980–1982: Hart
* 1982–1983: Hampshire
* 1984–1989: Malthouse
* 1990–1994: Wheeler
* 1994–1996: Joyce
* 1996–2002: Wallace
* 2002–2004: Rohde
* 2005–2011: Eade
* 2011: Williams
* 2012–2014: McCartney
* 2015–: Beveridge

AFL Women's|

* 2017–2019: Groves
* 2020–: Burke

Italics denote caretaker coach

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Coaches of the South Melbourne Football Club/Sydney Swans

VFL/AFL|

* 1909: Ricketts
* 1910–1911: Thomas
* 1912: Ricketts
* 1913: H. Kelly
* 1914–1917: Belcher
* 1918–1919: Elms/Howson
* 1920: Hiskins
* 1921: Wood
* 1922: Cazaly
* 1923–1928: Pannam
* 1929: Caldwell
* 1929: Fleiter
* 1930–1931: Scanlan
* 1932: Leonard
* 1933–1936: Bisset
* 1937–1938: Cazaly
* 1939: Matthews
* 1940: Baggott
* 1941–1944: J. Kelly
* 1945–1948: Adams
* 1948–1949: Hale
* 1950–1952: Lane
* 1953: Nash
* 1954–1957: Matthews
* 1958–1959: Clegg
* 1960–1961: Faul
* 1962–1964: McMahen
* 1965–1966: Skilton
* 1967–1968: Miller
* 1969–1972: Smith
* 1973–1975: John
* 1976–1977: Stewart
* 1978: Tuddenham
* 1979–1981: Stewart
* 1982–1984: Quade
* 1984: Hammond
* 1985: Northey
* 1986–1988: Hafey
* 1989–1991: Kinnear
* 1992–1993: Buckenara
* 1993: Scott
* 1993–1995: Barassi
* 1996–2002: Eade
* 2002–2010: Roos
* 2011–2024: Longmire
* 2025–: Cox

AFLW|

* 2022 (S7)–: Gowans

Italics denote caretaker coach

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