Full name Josh Kelly Name Josh Kelly Parents Phil Kelly Height/Weight 183cm / 75kg Height 1.83 m Original team TAC Cup | Position(s) Midfielder Weight 75 kg Nominations AFL Rising Star Career start 2014 | |
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Date of birth (1995-02-12) 12 February 1995 (age 20) Draft #2, 2013 AFL Draft, Greater Western Sydney Role Australian rules footballer Profiles | ||
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Josh 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.
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AFL career
He is the son of Phil Kelly, who played 109 games and won multiple Sandover Medals for East Perth in the West Australian Football League and then moved to the Victorian Football League, playing 61 games for the Kangaroos from 1981-85. He also has a younger sister, Laine Kelly. During the AFL combine he showed elite endurance, finishing the 3 km time trial with a time of 9 minutes and 32 seconds (the second fastest ever in testing).
He was nominated for the 2014 AFL Rising Star award after featuring in Greater Western Sydney's 32-point win over Melbourne in round 3.
In the opening rounds of the 2017 AFL season, it was confirmed that North Melbourne had made a $9 million contract offer for Kelly.
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