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Scottish footballer

Willie Kelly
Personal information
Full name William Muir Kelly
Date of birth (1922-08-14)14 August 1922
Place of birth Hill of Beath, Scotland
Date of death 11 July 1996(1996-07-11) (aged 73)
Place of death Blackburn, England
Position(s) Centre half
Youth career
Hill of Beath Star
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1946 Dunfermline Athletic 0 (0)
1946–1951 Airdrieonians 83 (14)
1951–1957 Blackburn Rovers 186 (1)
1957 Mossley 7 (0)
1957–1958 Accrington Stanley 24 (0)
Darwen
Total 300 (15)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

William Muir Kelly (14 August 1922 – 11 July 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half for Dunfermline Athletic, Airdrieonians, Blackburn Rovers, Mossley, Accrington Stanley and Darwen. His younger brother Walter Kelly was also a professional footballer; their father and two more brothers played at a lower level in Fife.

References

  1. ^ "Willie Kelly". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. Greatest XI - 4. Centre Back, Airdrieonians FC, 20 February 2016
  3. Willie Kelly at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  4. Willie Kelly at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  5. ^ "Kapler to Kynaston". www.mossleyweb.com.
  6. Kellys made their mark down south, Jim Stark, Central Fife Times, 19 August 2018


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