Kelly, who played at South Melbourne during the Second World War, made his league debut in 1939.
As a back pocket, Kelly participated in the famous 1945 'Bloodbath' Grand Final.
[3] In 1946, Kelly coached New Town to the TANFL Grand Final, where they lost to Sandy Bay.
The following season, he was chosen to coach the South against North in an intrastate match.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1917 is a stub.