Updated version of the original stats made by Levin
Name: Hugh Thomas Kelly
Country:
Scotland
Club: Blackpool FC
Position: *
DMF,
CBSide: LF/BS
Age: 25-30 years (23/07/1923)
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 72 kg
Attack:
69Defence:
83Balance:
86Stamina:
84Top Speed:
81Acceleration:
78Response:
83Agility:
77Dribble Accuracy:
77Dribble Speed:
75Short Pass Accuracy:
84Short Pass Speed:
79Long Pass Accuracy:
82Long Pass Speed:
76Shot Accuracy:
67Shot Power:
80Shot Technique:
66Free Kick Accuracy:
65Curling:
67Header:
80Jump:
83Technique:
78Aggression:
67Mentality:
87Goalkeeper Skills:
50Team Work:
83Injury Tolerance:
ACondition/Fitness:
7Weak Foot Accuracy:
6Weak Foot Frequency:
5Consistency:
7Growth Type:
Standard/LastingCARDS:
P14: Enforcer
S08: Slide Tackle
S09: Covering
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Sliding ~ Covering
Attack/Defence Awareness Card: Defence Minded
INFO:Quote:
Hugh Kelly was skipper of the finest Blackpool side in the club's 113-year Football League history, an exhilarating team which finished as runners-up to the champions, Manchester United, in 1955-56 and contained as its jewel the wondrous Stanley Matthews, at that time the most famous player in the world. Not that fame was any sort of spur for the engagingly modest Kelly, an unflinchingly steely defensive wing-half who, if he was performing today, would be termed a "holding midfielder".
For all his sustained and integral contribution to the Seasiders' cause – between his debut in 1946 and his exit from Bloomfield Road a decade and a half later he made 470 senior appearances – the Scottish international one-club man was essentially unobtrusive. His way was to win the vast majority of his tackles through a combination of excellent timing and iron resolve, then to distribute the ball unfussily, and usually with the utmost accuracy, to more extravagantly gifted colleagues.
