Thomas Wallis Kelynack (1868 – 16 November 1936) was a leading Melbourne journalist/police roundsman in the early 20th century, especially noted for his extensive, authoritative, and well-regarded sports journalism in The Herald of Melbourne — especially in relation to Australian rules football and cricket — published under the nom de guerre of "Kickero".
[1] The son of Charles Kelynack (1825-1894),[2] and Jane Kelynack (1830-1890), née Wallis,[3] Thomas Wallis Kelynack was born at Long Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, in 1868.
He married Catherine Mary Smith (1864-1928) in 1891; they had five children.
[4] He joined The Herald in 1889 — following his earlier press experience in Bendigo and Broken Hill — and he retired from The Herald, and from journalism, in 1930.
[5][6][7][8] He died at his residence at Moreland, Victoria, on 16 November 1936.