Jimmy Kelly (rugby union)

Jimmy Kelly
Full name	James Charles Kelly
Born	8 April 1940 (age 85); Dublin, Ireland
University	University College Dublin
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Scrum-half
International career
Years	Team
1962–64	Ireland

Full nameJames Charles Kelly

Born8 April 1940 (age 85)
Dublin, Ireland

UniversityUniversity College Dublin

Position(s) Scrum-half

James Charles Kelly (born 8 April 1940) is an Irish former international rugby union player.

Born in Dublin, Kelly was a University College Dublin scrum-half, capped 11 times for Ireland between 1962 and 1964, before being succeeded by Roger Young.^[1] He captained Leinster and also once led Ireland, given the captaincy for their match against the 1963–64 All Blacks, which they lost by one-point.^[2]

Kelly, a veterinary surgeon, retired from rugby in 1968.^[3]

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v t e Ireland national rugby union team captains
To 1900	Feb 1875: George Stack Dec 1875: Richard Bell Feb 1877: Richard Galbraith Feb 1877: William Wilson Mar 1878: Robert Walkington 1879: William Neville 1880: Hugh Kelly 1881–Jan 1882: Arthur Forrest Feb 1882: John Taylor 1883: George Scriven Feb 1884: Sandy McDonald Mar 1884: William Moore Feb 1885: William Rutherford Mar 1885: Arthur Forrest Feb 1886: Meredith Johnston Feb 1886: John Ross 1887: Robert Warren Feb–Mar 1888: Henry Neill Dec 1888–90: Robert Warren Feb–Mar 1891: Dolway Walkington Mar 1891: Robert Stevenson 1892: Victor Le Fanu 1893: Sam Lee 1894: Edmund Forrest Feb 1895: John O'Conor Mar 1895: Charles Rooke Mar 1895: Edmund Forrest 1896: Sam Lee 1897: Edmund Forrest Feb 1898: Sam Lee Feb 1898: Glyn Allen Mar 1898: William Gardiner 1899–1900: Louis Magee
To the First World War	1901: Louis Magee Feb 1902: John Fulton Mar 1902: Louis Magee 1903–Feb 1904: Harry Corley Mar 1904–06: Charles Allen Feb 1906: Alfred Tedford Feb 1906–07: Charles Allen Feb 1908: Harry Thrift Feb–Mar 1908: James Parke Feb 1909: Fred Gardiner Mar 1909: George Hamlet Mar 1909: Fred Gardiner Feb 1910: George Hamlet Mar 1910: Tom Smyth Mar 1910–11: George Hamlet Jan 1912: Dickie Lloyd Feb 1912: Alexander Foster Feb 1912–Feb 1914: Dickie Lloyd Feb–Mar 1914: Alexander Foster
To the Second World War	Feb 1920: Dickie Lloyd Feb 1920: George Doherty Mar 1920: Thomas Wallace Apr 1920: Dickie Lloyd 1921: George Doherty Feb 1922: Bill Collopy Apr 1922–23: John Thompson Jan–Feb 1924: William Crawford Feb 1924: Bill Collopy Mar 1924–27: William Crawford 1928–Feb 1929: George Stephenson Feb 1929: Eugene Davy Mar 1929–30: George Stephenson 1931: Mark Sugden 1932: George Beamish Feb 1933: Eugene Davy Mar 1932: George Beamish Apr 1933: Eugene Davy 1934–36: Jack Siggins 1937–Feb 1938: George Morgan Mar 1938: Sam Walker 1939: George Morgan
To the professional era	Jan–Feb 1947: Con Murphy Feb–Mar 1947: Deryck Monteith Dec 1947–Jan 1948: Ernest Strathdee Feb 1948–Mar 1951: Karl Mullen Dec 1951–Sep 1952: Des O'Brien Jan 1953–Jan 1954: Jack Kyle Feb–Mar 1954: Jim McCarthy Jan 1955: Robin Thompson Feb 1955: Jim McCarthy Feb–Mar 1955: Robin Thompson Jan–Feb 1956: Jim Ritchie Feb 1956–Apr 1958: Noel Henderson Feb–Apr 1959: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Mar 1960: Andy Mulligan Apr 1960–May 1961: Ronnie Dawson Feb–Nov 1962: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1963: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1963: Bill Mulcahy Dec 1963: Jimmy Kelly Feb–Mar 1964: Bill Mulcahy Jan 1965–Feb 1966: Ray McLoughlin Mar 1966: Tom Kiernan Jan–Apr 1967: Noel Murphy May 1967–Jan 1971: Tom Kiernan Feb–Mar 1971: Mike Gibson Jan 1972–Feb 1973: Tom Kiernan Mar 1973–Mar 1975: Willie John McBride Jan–Feb 1976: Mike Gibson Feb 1976–Mar 1977: Tom Grace Jan–Mar 1978: John Moloney Nov 1978: Shay Deering Jan 1979–Nov 1981: Fergus Slattery Jan 1982–Feb 1984: Ciaran Fitzgerald Feb–Mar 1984: Willie Duggan Nov 1984–Mar 1986: Ciaran Fitzgerald Nov 1986–Apr 1988: Donal Lenihan Oct 1988–Mar 1989: Phillip Matthews Nov 1989–Feb 1990: Willie Anderson Mar–Oct 1990: Donal Lenihan Feb–Mar 1991: Rob Saunders July 1991: Phillip Matthews July 1991: Rob Saunders Oct 1991–Feb 1992: Phillip Matthews Oct 1991: Terry Kingston Mar–May 1992: Phil Danaher Jun 1992: Michael Bradley Oct 1992: Phil Danaher Jan 1993–Nov 1994: Michael Bradley Jan 1995: Brendan Mullin Feb–Mar 1995: Michael Bradley Mar–May 1995: Terry Kingston May 1995: Nick Popplewell Jun 1995: Terry Kingston
To the present day	Nov 1995–Feb 1996: Jim Staples Mar–Nov 1996: Niall Hogan Nov 1996–Jan 1997: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 1997: Jim Staples Nov 1997: Keith Wood Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell Dec 1997–Apr 1998: Keith Wood Jun 1998–Apr 1999: Paddy Johns Jun–Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain 2000–Feb 2001: Keith Wood Jun 2001: Mick Galwey Sep–Oct 2001: Keith Wood Nov 2001: Anthony Foley Nov 2001: Keith Wood Feb–Mar 2002: Mick Galwey Mar 2002: David Humphreys Apr–Jun 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Sep 2002: Keith Wood Sep 2002: Anthony Foley Nov 2002–Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2003: David Humphreys Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan Aug 2003: Keith Wood Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll Sep–Nov 2003: Keith Wood Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell Feb 2004– Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll Jun 2005: David Humphreys Nov 2005: Simon Easterby Nov 2005: David Humphreys 2006–Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell Feb–Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll May–Jun 2007: Simon Best Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell Sep 2007–Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara Jun 2008–Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll May 2009: Rory Best Nov 2009–Mar 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Leo Cullen Aug 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Aug 2011: Paul O'Connell Sep 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Sep 2011: Leo Cullen Oct 2011: Brian O'Driscoll Feb 2012–Mar 2012: Paul O'Connell Mar 2012: Rory Best Jun 2012: Brian O'Driscoll Nov 2012–Mar 2013: Jamie Heaslip Jun 2013: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2013: Jamie Heaslip Nov 2013: Paul O'Connell Feb 2014: Jamie Heaslip Feb–Nov 2014: Paul O'Connell Nov 2014: Eoin Reddan Nov 2014–Mar 2015: Paul O'Connell Aug 2015: Jamie Heaslip Aug 2015: Seán O'Brien Aug–Sep 2015: Paul O'Connell Sep 2015: Jamie Heaslip Oct 2015: Paul O'Connell Oct 2015: Jamie Heaslip Feb 2016–Nov 2016: Rory Best Nov 2016: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2016–Feb 2017: Rory Best Feb 2017: Jamie Heaslip Feb–Mar 2017: Rory Best Jun 2017: Rhys Ruddock Nov 2017: Rory Best Nov 2017: Rhys Ruddock Feb–Mar 2018: Rory Best Jun 2018: Peter O'Mahony Nov 2018: Rhys Ruddock Nov 2018–Feb 2019: Rory Best Feb 2019: Peter O'Mahony Mar 2019: Rory Best Aug 2019: Rhys Ruddock Aug 2019: Rory Best Aug 2019: Peter O'Mahony Sep 2019: Rory Best Oct 2019: Johnny Sexton Oct 2019: Rory Best Feb–Nov 2020: Johnny Sexton Nov 2020: James Ryan Feb 2021: Johnny Sexton Feb 2021: Iain Henderson Feb–Mar 2021: Johnny Sexton Jul 2021: James Ryan Nov 2021: Johnny Sexton Nov 2021: James Ryan Feb 2022: Johnny Sexton Feb 2022: James Ryan Feb 2022: Peter O'Mahony Mar 2022: Johnny Sexton Jun 2022: Bundee Aki Jul 2022: Johnny Sexton Jul 2022: Keith Earls Jul–Nov 2022: Johnny Sexton Nov 2022: Tadhg Furlong Nov 2022: Peter O'Mahony Feb 2023: Johnny Sexton Feb 2023: James Ryan Mar 2023: Johnny Sexton Aug 2023: Iain Henderson Aug 2023: James Ryan Sep–Oct 2023: Johnny Sexton Feb 2024: Peter O'Mahony Feb 2024: Caelan Doris Feb–Jul 2024: Peter O'Mahony Jul–Nov 2024: Caelan Doris

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