James Kelly (Australian footballer)
Australian rules footballer, born 1983

James Kelly (Australian footballer)

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Australian rules footballer, born 1983
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29 December 1983(Victoria)
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James Kelly (born 29 December 1983) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played with the Geelong Football Club for fourteen seasons from 2002 to 2015.

AFL career

Kelly playing in 2008.

Since 2001, Kelly has played with the Geelong Football Club. Playing as an on-baller in the powerful midfield, he has shown capability in gaining many possessions and running well, as well as showing great courage. Kelly, is a natural born leader who has played a pivotal role in Geelong's dominant era, one of only twelve players to play in all three of Geelong's recent premierships.

He was a member of Geelong's 2006 NAB Cup Premiership team, as well as the drought-breaking 2007 AFL Premiership Team. He was also a member of Geelong's losing side in the 2008 Grand Final and their victorious sides in the 2009 and 2011 Grand Finals. He was delisted at the end of the 2015 AFL season, despite averaging 20.5 disposals in 17 games, he subsequently retired from the AFL before signing with the Essendon Football Club in January 2016 as a top-up player in the wake of the club's supplements scandal. Under the player top-up rules, he was delisted at the conclusion of the 2016 season, however, in November he re-signed with Essendon during the delisted free agency period.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2016 season
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
2002 Geelong 9 15 7 5 137 85 222 41 49 0.5 0.3 9.1 5.7 14.8 2.7 3.3
2003 Geelong 9 18 6 8 129 109 238 43 55 0.3 0.4 7.2 6.1 13.2 2.4 3.1
2004 Geelong 9 13 9 4 151 84 235 48 41 0.7 0.3 11.6 6.5 18.1 3.7 3.2
2005 Geelong 9 24 13 7 254 178 432 95 83 0.5 0.3 10.6 7.4 18.0 4.0 3.5
2006 Geelong 9 15 7 2 134 119 253 48 40 0.5 0.1 8.9 7.9 16.9 3.2 2.7
2007 Geelong 9 23 11 10 201 246 447 85 84 0.5 0.4 8.7 10.7 19.4 3.7 3.7
2008 Geelong 9 21 8 7 196 232 428 95 112 0.4 0.3 9.3 11.0 20.4 4.5 5.3
2009 Geelong 9 18 2 2 195 212 407 88 55 0.1 0.1 10.8 11.8 22.6 4.9 3.1
2010 Geelong 9 23 7 1 257 301 558 87 140 0.3 0.0 11.2 13.1 24.3 3.8 6.1
2011 Geelong 9 24 5 12 319 258 577 62 186 0.2 0.5 13.3 10.8 24.0 2.6 7.8
2012 Geelong 9 19 2 5 257 213 470 59 128 0.1 0.3 13.5 11.2 24.7 3.1 6.7
2013 Geelong 9 20 10 12 234 202 436 50 153 0.5 0.6 11.7 10.1 21.8 2.5 7.7
2014 Geelong 9 23 0 4 312 176 488 113 89 0.0 0.2 13.6 7.6 21.2 4.9 3.9
2015 Geelong 9 17 1 7 185 163 348 80 71 0.1 0.4 10.9 9.6 20.5 4.7 4.2
2016 Essendon 47 20 2 3 268 238 506 129 86 0.1 0.2 13.4 11.9 25.3 6.5 4.3
Career 293 90 89 3229 2816 6045 1123 1372 0.3 0.3 11.0 9.6 20.6 3.8 4.7

Personal life

In 2008, Kelly was an ambassador for an anti-alcohol-fuelled violence campaign run by the Geelong Advertiser titled "Just Think". In this role, Kelly appeared in advertising alongside fellow ambassadors, and Geelong teammates, Tom Harley and David Wojcinski.

Honours

AFL

  • 3× AFL Premiership (2007, 2009, 2011)
  • 2× AFL Pre-Season Premiership (2006, 2009)
  • All-Australian team 2011
  • Jim Stynes Medal 2011
  • AFL Rising Star nominee: 2001

Geelong

  • Geelong FC Best First Year Player Award (2002)
  • VFL Premiership Player (2002)

TAC Cup

  • TAC Cup Premiership Player (2001)
  • TAC Cup Team of the Year (2001)