Profile

Name: Tim Kelly

Sport: AFL

Team: West Coast Eagles

Bio: 

After a decorated career with South Fremantle, including a runner-up placing in the 2017 Sandover Medal, Tim was drafted to Geelong with pick 24 in the 2017 AFL Draft.

 

In 2018, his first year of AFL senior football, Tim played 23 games, and averaged 23 possessions (10 contested), 4 clearances, 4 inside 50s, 4 tackles and 3 marks. He also kicked 24 goals. He won the AFLPA Best First Year Player Award, finished second in Geelong’s Best & Fairest and polled 13 votes in the Brownlow to finish equal 11th overall.

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Tim backed up his incredible first year of football with another sensational campaign in 2019. In 25 games, Tim kicked 24 goals and averaged 25 possessions, (12 contested), 6 clearances, 4 inside 50s, 4 tackles and 4 marks. Tim won the AFLCA Best Young Player Award, finished second in Geelong's Best & Fairest, second in the AFLPA MVP, fourth in the Brownlow, fourth in the AFLCA Player of the Year, fifth in the Gary Ayres Medal and won All-Australian selection.

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On October 9, 2019, Tim was traded to the West Coast Eagles. 

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​Tim made his debut for West Coast in the opening round of the 2020 AFL season, when the Eagles hosted Melbourne. He finished with 19 possessions, 6 inside 50s, 4 score involvements and a goal.