John Frederick Kelly (15 July 1916 â 23 June 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
A finalist in the 1939 Stawell Gift (he finished fourth), he won the Bendigo Gift (also 130 yards) two days later.
Kelly was recruited from the Red Cliffs Football Club in the Mildura District Football League, where he won the 1935 Mildura Junior Football League best and fairest award.
In September 1937, The Argus selected Kelly in its team of 1937's first-year players.
In 1949 he was appointed captain-coach of the South Gambier Football Club in the Mount Gambier and District Football Association.
He served in the RAAF during World War II.