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Tom Kelly
Personal information
Full name Thomas Kelly[1]
Date of birth 1884
Place of birth Tunstall, England
Date of death 9 April 1916 (aged 31–32)[2]
Place of death Sannaiyat, Mesopotamia[2]
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 "Tom" Kelly (1884 – 9 April 1916) was an English professional football half back who played in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Glossop.[1]

Personal life

Kelly was married with six children and predominantly lived in Stockport, working at the gasworks.[3] In March 1915, eight months into the First World War, Kelly and his brother enlisted in the North Staffordshire Regiment.[3] He died in an attack on Sannaiyat, Mesopotamia, during the Siege of Kut on 8 April 1916 and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.[3][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 162. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. ^ a b c "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Stockports Soldier Thomas KELLY part of NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE REGIMENT on STOCKPORT memorial and buried at Basra Memorial, Iraq". www.stockport1914-1918.co.uk. Retrieved 11 January 2016.


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