Gary Kelly

Gary Kelly (born 9 July 1974) is an Irish former professional footballer who played his entire professional career with Leeds United. He played as a right back or a right midfielder and made 531 appearances in total for Leeds, being the only player at Leeds to make more than 500 appearances from outside the stewardship of Don Revie. Kelly, the youngest of a family of thirteen, originally started playing football as a striker, and was reasonably successful in this position for Home Farm. However, when he joined Leeds, then boss Howard Wilkinson recognised qualities in him that would make a very good wing-back. Kelly made his debut for Leeds in the 1991-92 season, although he did not become a regular in the side until the 1993-94 season,...