Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- Leonard Thomas Kelly
- Nickname(s)
- The Deacon
- Born
- Tuesday, 17th June, 1913
- Died
- Tuesday, 3rd November, 1981 (Aged 68 years and 139 days)
- Place Of Birth
- Manildra, New South Wales, Australia
Biography
Prolific try-scoring forward played in St George's 1941 grand final win and appeared in a record 208 grade games with the club (later surpassed by Norm Provan). Captain-coach of the club in 1942 Kelly saw out his playing career with Picton (1946-49) before returning to St George to pursue an administrative career. An Australian selector in 1956, Kelly was also a vice-president of the NSWRL and president of the St George club during the end of the Dragons' 11-year reign as premiers.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| NRL | 160 | 59 | - | - | 177 | 85 | 69 | 6 | 53.13% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 10 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| NSW City Seconds | 1935, 1938 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| NSW City Probables | 1935 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Metropolis | 1936 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Probables (AU) | 1937 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Fighting Services I | 1942, 1945 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Army Firsts | 1943-44 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Overall | 1935-1945 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 50.00% | List | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - By Year | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1933 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1934 | 14 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 64.29% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1935 | 16 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 50.00% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1936 | 13 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 23.08% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1937 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1938 | 14 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 21.43% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1939 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69.23% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1940 | 15 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 46.67% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1941 | 16 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 62.50% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1942 | 17 | 6 | - | - | 18 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 64.71% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1943 | 16 | 10 | - | - | 30 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 56.25% | List | |||
| St George | NSWRFL 1944 | 15 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 60.00% | List | |||
NRL/NSWRL - By Team | ||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||
| St George | 1933-44 | 160 | 59 | - | - | 177 | 85 | 69 | 6 | 53.13% | List | |||
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin, Paul Carter
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual, Newspapers
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