Paul Kelly (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Kelly is a former Australian rules footballer, winner of the Brownlow Medal and captain of the Sydney Swans for ten seasons. He was and still is known to Swans fans everywhere as "Captain Courageous".
Bronze statue of Paul Kelly at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Statue of Paul Kelly at the Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reserves men's team in the Victorian Football League (VFL). The Sydney Swans Academy, consisting of the club's best junior development signings, contests Division 2 of the men's and women's underage national championships and the Talent League.
The Bloods and the touring British Lions in front of the grandstand at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1888. South Melbourne won 7 goals to 3
1909 VFL team
Aerial photo of the South Melbourne cricket ground during the 1920s with a SMFC match in progress
Captain Laurie Nash marks on 26 June 1937