John Wallace Kelly (7 December 1926 – 29 April 2002) was a New Zealand rugby union player.

[2] A fine goal-kicker,[1] Kelly represented Canterbury and Auckland at a provincial level.

[2] He was not selected to play for New Zealand again until the 1953–54 tour of the British Isles, France and North America on which he played in 14 of the 36 games, but he was unable to displace Bob Scott as the first-choice fullback for the test matches.

[2] Outside of rugby, Kelly was a fine field athlete at the junior level, winning the South Island junior shot put and discus titles in 1944, and finishing second in the same events at the national championships the following year.

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