| Josh Kelly | |||
|---|---|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Josh_Kelly_2017.3.jpg) Kelly playing for Greater Western Sydney in June 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joshua Kelly | ||
| Date of birth | 12 February 1995 | ||
| Original team(s) | Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)/Brighton Grammar | ||
| Draft | No. 2, 2013 national draft | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Greater Western Sydney | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2014– | Greater Western Sydney | 215 (139) | |
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | Victoria | 1 (4) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Joshua Kelly (born 12 February 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Greater Western Sydney Giants with the second overall selection in the 2013 national draft.
Kelly had a breakout year in 2017, winning inclusion in the All-Australian team and finishing fifth in the Brownlow Medal. He was named in the Greater Western Sydney Giants leadership group in 2018 where he remains as Vice-Captain.[1] Josh Kelly began his football career as an Auskicker at East Brighton in Melbourne's south-east before being drafted at pick two in the 2013 NAB AFL Draft. Kelly is the son of Phil Kelly, who played 61 games as a wingman for North Melbourne in the 1980s and won two Sandover Medals in the WAFL. He won the GIANTS Rising Star Award in his first season and become a mainstay of the Giants' midfield in just a few short years. Kelly was elevated into the club's official leadership group ahead of the 2017 season in just his fourth year in the AFL, and after a stunning 2017 season was named vice-captain in 2018.
In December 2021, Kelly was named, along with Toby Greene and incumbent Stephen Coniglio, as co-captain of the club.[2] In February 2023, Kelly and Coniglio were named vice-captains as Greene was named the sole captain.[3]
- ^ Media, Giants (5 March 2018). "Kelly Elevated to Vice-Captain as 2018 Leaders Announced". GWS Giants.
- ^ "Trio to Lead GIANTS into Future". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
- ^ "Greene to Lead GIANTS into New Era". Greater Western Sydney Giants. 15 February 2023. Retrieved 15 February 2023.