Gerry Kelly (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gerard Michael Kelly | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | South Hylton, Sunderland, England | ||
| Date of death | January qtr. 1983 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Luton, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Castletown | |||
| Hylton Colliery | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1927–1928 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1928–1929 | Nelson | 47 | (15) |
| 1929–1931 | Huddersfield Town | 37 | (15) |
| 1931–1932 | Charlton Athletic | 20 | (6) |
| 1932–1936 | Chester | 73 | (27) |
| 1936–1937 | Port Vale | 20 | (2) |
| 1937–1939 | Southampton | 19 | (2) |
| Total | 216 | (67) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gerard Michael Kelly (18 September 1908 – January qtr. 1983) was an English footballer who scored 67 goals in 216 league appearances in a 12-year career in the Football League from 1927 to 1939. He played for Sunderland, Nelson, Huddersfield Town, Charlton Athletic, Chester, Port Vale, and Southampton.
Kelly left Hylton Colliery at the age of 19 to sign for Sunderland in 1927. He never made the first team at Roker Park and the following year joined Nelson. He scored 11 goals in 38 appearances in the 1928–29 season, bagging his first goal in the Football League in a 5–1 win over Southport at Haig Avenue on 8 September. He scored four goals in nine Third Division North games in the 1929–30 campaign, before departing Seedhill.
He signed with Huddersfield Town, and scored seven goals in 14 First Division games in the 1929–30 season. He scored eight goals in 20 appearances for the "Terriers" in the 1930–31 campaign, including a hat-trick against Manchester United at Old Trafford on 10 September. However, he played just four games at Leeds Road at the start of the 1931–32 season, before signing with Charlton Athletic, and seeing out the 1931–32 season with six goals in 20 Second Division games for the "Addicks".
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