Walter Kelly (footballer)

Walter Muir Kelly (15 April 1929 – 16 February 1993) was a Scottish footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Bury, Doncaster Rovers, Stockport County and Chester, and for Raith Rovers in the Scottish Football League.[1][2]

Walter Kelly
Personal information
Full name Walter Muir Kelly
Date of birth (1929-04-15)15 April 1929
Place of birth Cowdenbeath, Scotland
Date of death 6 February 1993(1993-02-06) (aged 63)
Place of death Dunfermline, Scotland
Position(s) Centre forward
Youth career
Inverkeithing United
Raith Athletic
Hill of Beath Hawthorn
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1946–1951 Raith Rovers 13 (1)
1952–1957 Bury 160 (76)
1957–1958 Doncaster Rovers 29 (6)
1958–1959 Stockport County 47 (12)
1959–1961 Chester 56 (24)
Hyde United
Total 305 (119)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

His elder brother Willie Kelly was also a professional footballer;[3] their father and two more brothers played at a lower level in Fife.[4]

References

  1. Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Walter Kelly". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
  2. "Walter Kelly". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  3. http://www.mossleyweb.com/PlayersAZ/AZK.htm
  4. Kellys made their mark down south, Jim Stark, Central Fife Times, 19 August 2018
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