Bobby Kellard
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Sydney William Kellard | ||
| Date of birth | 1 March 1943 | ||
| Place of birth | Edmonton, Greater London | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Southend United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | Southend United | 106 | (15) |
| 1963–1965 | Crystal Palace | 77 | (6) |
| 1965–1966 | Ipswich Town | 13 | (3) |
| 1966–1968 | Portsmouth | 91 | (8) |
| 1968–1970 | Bristol City | 77 | (6) |
| 1970–1971 | Leicester City | 48 | (8) |
| 1971–1972 | Crystal Palace | 46 | (4) |
| 1972–1975 | Portsmouth | 63 | (6) |
| 1974 | → Hereford United (loan) | 3 | (1) |
| 1975 | Cape Town City | ? | (?) |
| 1975–1976 | Torquay United | 2 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | Chelmsford City | ? | (?) |
| ? | Grays Athletic | ? | (?) |
| National team | |||
| ? | England youth | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1976–1977 | Chelmsford City (player manager) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Harlow Town (joint with Len Glover) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Robert Sydney William "Bobby" Kellard (born 1 March 1943 in Edmonton, Greater London) is an English former professional footballer. He represented England at youth level.
Kellard, a much-travelled midfielder, began his career as a junior with Southend United and became Southend's youngest ever league player (at the age of 16 years and 208 days) in September 1959 when he started the game at Bradford City. He turned professional in May 1960 and went on to score 15 times in 106 games for the Shrimpers before earning a £9,000 move to Crystal Palace in September 1963. After 6 goals in 77 games he moved to Ipswich Town, but played only 13 times before moving to Portsmouth in March 1966.
In July 1966, after 91 games for Portsmouth in which he scored eight times, he moved to Bristol City for a fee of £30,000, where he scored six times in 77 games before moving to Leicester City, in August 1970, for a fee of £50,000. He helped Leicester to promotion in 1971, but left in September 1971 to rejoin Crystal Palace, for a fee of £50,000, having scored eight goals in 49 games for the Foxes. He was signed by Palace as a replacement for Steve Kember who they had sold to Chelsea for £170,000, and he fitted in so well that by November he had been made captain. However, on 29 December 1972, Kellard moved on to Portsmouth having made 46 appearances in his second spell at Palace, scoring 4 times.
In December 1972 he moved back to Portsmouth, having scored four times in 46 games for Palace. At Portsmouth he gained the unwanted honour of being the first player sent off on a Sunday when he was dismissed against Orient in January 1974. The following January he joined Hereford United on loan, and later in 1975 left to play in South Africa for Durban City F.C., having scored six times in 62 games for Pompey. He moved to Cape Town City, but returned to England in September 1975, joining Torquay United, but played only twice for Malcolm Musgrove's side, the first being a 7-1 defeat away to Tranmere Rovers and the last against Hartlepool United, before leaving league football to join Chelmsford City.
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