John Kelly (rugby league)

For the rugby union footballer of the 1990s and 2000s for Ireland, and Munster, see John Kelly (rugby union).
John Kelly
Personal information
Full name John Kelly
Nickname Jack
Born Leeds, England
Playing information
Rugby union
Position Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1938–38 Bramley Old Boys RUFC
Rugby league
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1938–≥41 Leeds 83
1941 St. Helens 1
Total 84 0 0 0 0
Source: leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk

John "Jack" Kelly is an English rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 1940s, playing club level rugby union (RU) for Bramley Old Boys RUFC, as a Fullback, i.e. number 15, and playing club level rugby league (RL) for Leeds, and St. Helens (one match when a man short) as a Fullback, or Wing, i.e. number 1, or 2 or 5.[1]

Leeds career

On Saturday 24 December 1938 Leeds played Salford at Headingley Stadium. However, because the rugby pitch was frozen, the match was switched to the cricket field. Vic Hey scored the only try of the match, and Jack Kelly became the only player to ever kick a goal on the cricket pitch in a 5-0 win. He spent most of his career at Leeds behind Charles "Charlie" Eaton for the Fullback position, but he still managed to play in 83 matches, mainly during the Emergency Leagues throughout World War II. On Saturday 6 December 1941 Leeds played St. Helens at Headingley Stadium, the St. Helens team was a man short, so Jack Kelly played as a stand-in Left-Wing for them.

Note

Someone named Jack Kelly played rugby league for Wests, and North Sydney during the 1920s and 1930s, and someone named J Kelly played rugby league for Newtown Bluebags during the 1940s, these footballers are unlikely to be this Jack Kelly.

References

  1. ↑ "Profile at leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk". leedsrugby.dnsupdate.co.uk. 2009-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-01.

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