Charles Kelly (footballer)
{{short description|English footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Charles Kelly
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|3|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sandbach, England
| position = Inside forward
| years1 = 1922 | clubs1 = Sandbach Ramblers | caps1 = | goals1 =
| years2 = 1923–1925 | clubs2 = Stoke | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 5
| years3 = 1926 | clubs3 = Tranmere Rovers | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0
| totalcaps = 28 | totalgoals = 5
}}
Charles Kelly (14 March 1894 – 1969) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke and Tranmere Rovers.{{cite book|last=Matthews|first=Tony|title=The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City|year=1994|publisher=Lion Press|isbn=0-9524151-0-0}}
Career
Kelly was born in Sandbach and played for local side Sandbach Ramblers before he joined Stoke in 1923. He made his debut for Stoke in the Potteries derby against Port Vale at the Victoria Ground on 6 October 1923. He was used as back up behind regular inside forward Harry Davies, and played nine matches during the 1923–24 season scoring once against Southampton. He was more involved in the next season playing seventeen matches scoring four goals but Stoke had a poor performance in the Second Division and were almost relegated. Kelly was released by Stoke in 1926 and joined Tranmere Rovers.
Career statistics
| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|FA Cup !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="4"|Stoke
|9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1924–25
|Second Division |17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | |
| 1925–26
|Second Division |1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!27 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 5 | |
| Tranmere Rovers
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| colspan=3|Career total
!28 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 5 |
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Sandbach
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football inside forwards
Category:Sandbach Ramblers F.C. players
Category:Tranmere Rovers F.C. players
Category:Stoke City F.C. players
Category:English Football League players