Tom Kelly (footballer, born 1885)
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Thomas Kelly[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 2 October 1885||
Place of birth | Tunstall, England | ||
Date of death | 9 April 1916[2] | (aged 30)||
Place of death | near Kut, Ottoman Mesopotamia[3] | ||
Position(s) | Half back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Denaby Main | |||
1906 | Glossop | 23 | (1) |
Denaby United | |||
1908–1909 | Grimsby Town | 26 | (3) |
1911–1912 | New Brompton | 16 | (0) |
Silverwood Town | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Thomas Kelly (2 October 1885 – 9 April 1916) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Glossop as a half back.[1]
Personal life
Kelly was married with six children and predominantly lived in Stockport, working at the gasworks.[3] On 3 March 1915,[4] eight months after the outbreak of the First World War, Kelly and his brother enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment.[3] On 9 April 1916, while holding the rank of private, Kelly was killed in an attack on Sannaiyat, Mesopotamia, during the Siege of Kut.[3] He is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[2]
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
New Brompton | 1911–12[5] | Southern League First Division | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
Career total | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
References
- ^ a b c Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 162. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Stockports Soldier Thomas Kelly Part Of North Staffordshire Regiment On Stockport Memorial And Buried At Basra Memorial, Iraq". www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
- ^ "Thomas Kelly | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ "Tom Kelly". Gillingham FC Scrapbook. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
Categories:
- 1885 births
- 1916 deaths
- People from Tunstall, Staffordshire
- English men's footballers
- English Football League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- Denaby United F.C. players
- Grimsby Town F.C. players
- Gillingham F.C. players
- Midland Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- British Army personnel of World War I
- North Staffordshire Regiment soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Military personnel from Staffordshire
- English football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs