Daniel Kelly

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Dan Kelly (footballer)

Daniel "Dan" Kelly (25 June 1904 – August 1941) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside forward or an outside forward in Scottish football for Blantyre Victoria and Hamilton Academical, in the Football League for Derby County, Torquay United, York City and Doncaster Rovers, in Irish football for Dundalk and was on the books of Clapton Orient without making a league appearance.

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Dan Kelly (fighter)

Daniel Kelly (born 31 October 1977 in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian judoka and mixed martial artist.

Judo and Olympic career

Kelly began competing in judo when he was 7 and fought at his first Australian Championships when he was 13. He made the junior national team in 1994 where he competed at the Junior World Championships and went on to make the senior national team two years later. Kelly has been Australian Champion on nine occasions.

Kelly is the only Judo competitor to have been selected to fight for Australia in four different Olympic games. He most recently competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -100 kg event.

Mixed martial arts career

Early career

Kelly made his professional MMA debut in July 2006. He remained out of competition for the next six and a half years due to judo commitments.

Australian Fighting Championship and local MMA

Kelly returned to the sport in December 2012. Over the next eight months, he improved his record to 5 wins with no losses. Kelly again returned to action in the Australian Fighting Championship (AFC) in May 2014, at AFC 9, defeating Ben Kelleher via second round submission. Kelly was twice slated to fight Steven Kennedy for the vacant AFC middleweight belt in 2013 at AFC 7 and 2014 at AFC 10, but was forced to withdraw due to The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia commitments in 2013 and due to injury in 2014.