Personal information | |||
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Full name | William Muir Kelly[1] | ||
Date of birth | 14 August 1922 | ||
Place of birth | Hill of Beath, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 11 July 1996 | (aged 73)||
Place of death | Blackburn, England | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Youth career | |||
Hill of Beath Star | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1943–1946 | Dunfermline Athletic | 0 | (0) |
1946–1951 | Airdrieonians | 83 | (14) |
1951–1957 | Blackburn Rovers | 186 | (1) |
1957 | Mossley | 7 | (0) |
1957–1958 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | (0) |
Darwen | |||
Total | 300 | (15) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
William Muir Kelly (14 August 1922 – 11 July 1996) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half for Dunfermline Athletic, Airdrieonians,[2] Blackburn Rovers, Mossley, Accrington Stanley and Darwen.[1][3][4][5] His younger brother Walter Kelly was also a professional footballer;[5] their father and two more brothers played at a lower level in Fife.[6]