Tim Kelly (footballer)

Australian rules footballer

Australian rules footballer

Tim Kelly

Kelly playing for Geelong in August 2018

Personal information
Full name|  Timothy Kelly
Date of birth|  (1994-07-26) 26 July 1994 (age 30)
Original team(s)|  South Fremantle (WAFL)
Draft|  No. 24, 2017 national draft
Debut|  Round 1, 2018, Geelong vs. Melbourne, at MCG
Height|  183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight|  81 kg (179 lb)
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Club information
Current club|  West Coast
Number|  11
Playing career1
Years|  Club|  Games (Goals)
2018–2019|  Geelong|  048 (48)
2020–|  West Coast|  106 (32)
Total|  |  154 (80)
Representative team honours
Years|  Team|  Games (Goals)
2025|  Indigenous All-Stars|  1 (1)

1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 12, 2025.

Career highlights

* All-Australian team: 2019
* AFLCA best young player award: 2019
* AFLPA Best First Year Player: 2018
* Glendinning–Allan Medal: 2021 (round 7)
* John Worsfold Medal: 2023

Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Timothy Kelly (born 26 July 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He formerly played for the Geelong Football Club between 2018 and 2019.

## Early life and WAFL career

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Kelly is from Perth and played his junior football for Palmyra. He has an Indigenous Australian father and a Chilean mother.[1] He made his senior WAFL debut for the South Fremantle Football Club in 2013. He was runner-up in the club's best and fairest in 2014.[2] During the 2017 WAFL season he finished runner-up in the Sandover Medal to Haiden Schloithe.[3] Before being drafted into the AFL, Kelly was an apprentice electrician. His partner/fiancée is Caitlin Miller and they have three sons.[4]

## AFL career

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### Geelong (2018–2019)

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Kelly was drafted by Geelong with their second selection and twenty-fourth overall in the 2017 national draft as an over-age draftee.[5] He made his debut in the three-point win against Melbourne at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening round of the 2018 season.[6] At the 2018 AFL Players' Association Awards, he was voted Best First Year Player by fellow players.[7] At the end of the 2018 season, Kelly requested a trade to the West Coast Eagles, but Geelong refused to trade him.[8] In 2019, Kelly made his first All-Australian selection and finished top 5 in the Brownlow Medal,[citation needed] and helped Geelong reach the preliminary final. Following the season, he once again requested a trade to the Eagles, which was completed on 9 October 2019.[9]

### West Coast Eagles (2020–)

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Kelly joined West Coast on a six-year deal valued at more than $4 million.[9]

## Statistics

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Statistics are correct to the end of round 4, 2023[10]
Legend

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G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T  | G  | B  | K  | H  | D  | M  | T
2018 | Geelong | 11 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 277 | 249 | 526 | 77 | 81 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 13
2019 | Geelong | 11 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 381 | 254 | 635 | 89 | 106 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 15.2 | 10.2 | 25.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 24
2020[a] | West Coast | 11  | 18 | 5 | 6 | 208 | 153 | 361 | 46 | 75 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 11.6 | 8.5 | 20.1 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 11
2021 | West Coast | 11  | 19 | 6 | 8 | 245 | 209 | 454 | 62 | 64 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 23.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 10
2022 | West Coast | 11  | 17 | 6 | 5 | 211 | 201 | 412 | 60 | 67 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 24.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3
2023 | West Coast | 11  | 4 | 4 | 2 | 60 | 63 | 123 | 21 | 12 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 30.8 | 5.3 | 3.0 |
Career  | 106  | 69  | 53  | 1382  | 1129  | 2511  | 355  | 405  | 0.7  | 0.5  | 13.0  | 10.7  | 23.7  | 3.4  | 3.8  | 61

Notes

1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## References

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1. ^ AFL draft: South Fremantle star Tim Kelly ripe for the picking
2. ^ Tim Kelly WAFL statistics
3. ^ "New recruit Tim Kelly fits the Cats to a T". The Age. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 28 October 2022.
4. ^ Will it be a case of 'sixth time lucky' for South Fremantle star Tim Kelly at AFL draft?
5. ^ Reid, Russell (25 November 2017). "AFL draft 2017: Cats pounce on Tim Kelly, the Bulldog who lit up the WAFL". The West Australian. Seven West Media. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
6. ^ Cleary, Mitch (23 March 2018). "'Big Sav' one of three debutants for Cats". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
7. ^ Balmer, Matt (30 August 2018). "AFL best first year player 2018: Tim Kelly takes out AFL Players' Association award AFL Matt Balmer". Fox Sports Australia. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
8. ^ Staff Writers (5 October 2018). "Geelong midfielder Tim Kelly requests trade to West Coast Eagles". Fox Sports Australia.
9. ^ a b "Home, sweet home: Kelly finally an Eagle after mega-trade with Cats". afl.com.au. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
10. ^ "Tim Kelly". AFL Tables. Retrieved 26 September 2019.

## External links

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* Tim Kelly's profile on the official website of the West Coast Eagles
* Tim Kelly's playing statistics from AFL Tables
* Tim Kelly at AustralianFootball.com
* Tim Kelly's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.net

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West Coast Eagles – current squad

* 1 Ryan
* 2 Waterman
* 3 Baker
* 4 Sheed
* 5 Hunt
* 6 Yeo
* 7 Ginbey
* 8 Hewett
* 9 H. Reid
* 10 Brockman
* 11 Kelly
* 12 Allen
* 13 Long
* 14 Duggan
* 15 Cripps
* 16 Owies
* 17 Graham
* 18 Chesser
* 19 Hough
* 20 McGovern
* 21 Petruccelle
* 22 A. Reid
* 23 Maric*
* 24 Johnston
* 25 Flynn
* 26 Allan
* 27 Gross
* 28 Cole
* 29 Hall
* 30 Barnett
* 31 Grego
* 32 B. Williams
* 33 Bazzo
* 34 J. Williams
* 35 Shanahan
* 36 Rawlinson*
* 37 Champion*
* 38 Davis
* 39 Livingstone*
* 40 Jamieson
* 42 Edwards
* 43 Dewar*
* 44 Hutchinson*
* McCarthy*
* Newton*

* Coach: McQualter

* denotes rookie listed player

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John Worsfold Medal · West Coast Eagles best and fairest winners

* 1987: Malaxos
* 1988: Worsfold
* 1989: McKenna
* 1990: Lewis
* 1991: Turley
* 1992: Kemp
* 1993: Jakovich/Pyke
* 1994: Jakovich
* 1995: Jakovich
* 1996: Banfield
* 1997: Matera
* 1998: McIntosh
* 1999: McKenna
* 2000: Jakovich
* 2001: Cousins
* 2002: Cousins
* 2003: Cousins
* 2004: Judd
* 2005: Cousins
* 2006: Judd
* 2007: Glass
* 2008: Cox
* 2009: Glass
* 2010: LeCras
* 2011: Glass
* 2012: Selwood
* 2013: Priddis
* 2014: Mackenzie
* 2015: Gaff
* 2016: Shuey
* 2017: Yeo
* 2018: Yeo
* 2019: Shuey
* 2020: Naitanui
* 2021: Naitanui
* 2022: Barrass
* 2023: Kelly
* 2024: McGovern

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2019 All-Australian team

Full-back|

* Tom Stewart (Geelong)
* Harris Andrews (Brisbane Lions)
* Dylan Grimes (Richmond)

Half-back|

* Bachar Houli (Richmond)
* Jeremy McGovern (West Coast)
* Shannon Hurn (West Coast) (vc)

Centre|

* Marcus Bontempelli (Western Bulldogs)
* Patrick Cripps (Carlton)
* Tim Kelly (Geelong)

Half-forward|

* Patrick Dangerfield (Geelong)
* Jeremy Cameron (Greater Western Sydney)
* Michael Walters (Fremantle)

Full-forward|

* Jack Darling (West Coast)
* Tom Hawkins (Geelong)
* Charlie Cameron (Brisbane Lions)

Ruck|

* Brodie Grundy (Collingwood)
* Nat Fyfe (Fremantle) (c)
* Lachie Neale (Brisbane Lions)

Interchange|

* Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
* Elliot Yeo (West Coast)
* Max Gawn (Melbourne)
* Jack Macrae (Western Bulldogs)

Coach|

* Damien Hardwick (Richmond)

← 2018

The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999.

2020 →

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Glendinning–Allan Medal • Western Derby best on ground

Glendinning–Allan Medals
(retrospective)|

* Rd 7, 1995: Heady
* Rd 22, 1995: Heady
* Rd 1, 1996: Jakovich
* Rd 16, 1996: McKenna
* Rd 3, 1997: Banfield
* Rd 18, 1997: Kemp
* Rd 3, 1998: Gehrig
* Rd 18, 1998: Lewis
* Rd 1, 1999: McKenna
* Rd 16, 1999: A. Fletcher
* Rd 6, 2000: Cummings
* Rd 21, 2000: Waterhouse

Ross Glendinning Medals|

* Rd 4, 2001: Banfield
* Rd 19, 2001: Jakovich
* Rd 1, 2002: C. Fletcher
* Rd 16, 2002: Hasleby
* Rd 5, 2003: Gardiner & Sampi
* Rd 22, 2003: Hasleby
* Rd 6, 2004: Hasleby
* Rd 21, 2004: C. Fletcher
* Rd 3, 2005: Judd
* Rd 20, 2005: Judd
* Rd 6, 2006: Judd
* Rd 21, 2006: Bell
* Rd 3, 2007: Braun
* Rd 18, 2007: Carr
* Rd 3, 2008: Pavlich
* Rd 18, 2008: Pavlich
* Rd 6, 2009: Hasleby
* Rd 17, 2009: Sandilands
* Rd 6, 2010: Barlow
* Rd 18, 2010: Sandilands
* Rd 8, 2011: Priddis
* Rd 18, 2011: Cox
* Rd 9, 2012: Rosa
* Rd 19, 2012: Pavlich
* Rd 1, 2013: Barlow/Mundy
* Rd 16, 2013: Barlow
* Rd 7, 2014: Neale
* Rd 15, 2014: S. Hill
* Rd 3, 2015: Neale
* Rd 20, 2015: J. Hill
* Rd 3, 2016: Priddis
* Rd 20, 2016: Kennedy
* Rd 5, 2017: Kennedy
* Rd 17, 2017: Hurn
* Rd 6, 2018: Hurn/Neale

Glendinning–Allan Medals|

* Rd 20, 2018: Yeo
* Rd 4, 2019: Hurn
* Rd 16, 2019: Sheppard
* 2020: Kennedy
* Rd 7, 2021: Kelly
* Rd 22, 2021: Serong
* Rd 3, 2022: Schultz
* Rd 22, 2022: Darcy
* Rd 3, 2023: Serong
* Rd 22, 2023: Schultz
* Rd 6, 2024: Yeo
* Rd 20, 2024: Serong
* Rd 3, 2025: Serong

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2025 Indigenous All-Stars team

Indigenous All-Stars 16.12 (108) defeated Fremantle 9.11 (65) at Optus Stadium

* 1\. May
* 3\. Bobby Hill
* 4\. Impey
* 5\. Bolton
* 6\. Gresham
* 7\. Wanganeen-Milera
* 8\. Brad Hill
* 9\. Horne-Francis
* 10\. Walters (c)
* 11\. Kelly
* 12\. Simpkin
* 13\. Ah Chee
* 14\. Motlop
* 15\. Amon
* 16\. Finlayson
* 17\. Humphries
* 18\. Stengle
* 20\. Williams
* 21\. Long
* 22\. Rankine
* 23\. Cameron
* 24\. W. Rioli
* 25\. Hamling
* 26\. Livingstone
* 27\. Johnson
* 28\. Burgoyne
* 31\. Ryan
* 32\. M. Rioli
* 33\. Pickett
* 34\. Jeffrey

Coach: Clarke

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2017 AFL national draft

First round|

* 1. Cameron Rayner
* 2. Andrew Brayshaw
* 3. Paddy Dow
* 4. Luke Davies-Uniacke
* 5. Adam Cerra
* 6. Jaidyn Stephenson
* 7. Hunter Clark
* 8. Nick Coffield
* 9. Aaron Naughton
* 10. Lochie O'Brien
* 11. Aiden Bonar
* 12. Darcy Fogarty
* 13. Jarrod Brander
* 14. Matthew Ling
* 15. Zac Bailey
* 16. Ed Richards
* 17. Jack Higgins
* 18. Brandon Starcevich
* 19. Wil Powell

Second round|

* 20. Callum Coleman-Jones
* 21. Oscar Allen
* 22. Lachie Fogarty
* 23. Will Walker
* 24. Tim Kelly
* 25. Noah Balta
* 26. Liam Ryan
* 27. Brent Daniels
* 28. Sam Taylor
* 29. Charlie Spargo
* 30. Tom De Koning
* 31. Bayley Fritsch
* 32. Brayden Ainsworth
* 33. Tom McCartin
* 34. Patrick Naish (F/S)
* 35. Oscar Clavarino
* 36. Charlie Constable
* 37. Harrison Petty

Third round|

* 38. Jack Petruccelle
* 39. Nathan Murphy
* 40. Andrew McPherson
* 41. Toby Wooller
* 42. Charlie Ballard
* 43. Connor Ballenden (academy selection)
* 44. Hugh Dixon
* 45. James Worpel
* 46. Ben Paton
* 47. Sam Hayes
* 48. Oskar Baker
* 49. Jordan Houlahan
* 50. Tyler Brown (F/S)
* 51. Kane Farrell
* 52. Brayden Crossley (academy selection)
* 53. Ryley Stoddart
* 54. Jack Payne (academy selection)
* 55. Connor Nutting (academy selection)

Fourth round|

* 56. Zac Langdon
* 57. Gryan Miers
* 58. Jake Patmore
* 59. Mitch Crowden
* 60. Joel Garner
* 61. Dom Barry
* 62. Kyron Hayden
* 63. Ben Miller
* 64. Nick Shipley (academy selection)
* 65. Tom North
* 66. Brandon Zerk-Thatcher
* 67. Dylan Moore
* 68. Hamish Brayshaw
* 69. Lloyd Meek
* 70. Angus Schumacher

Fifth round|

* 71. Jackson Ross
* 72. Tristan Xerri
* 73. Sam Switkowski
* 74. Callum Porter
* 75. Scott Jones
* 76. Matt Guelfi
* 77. Billy Hartung

Sixth round|

* 78. Jarrod Garlett

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