Rob Kelly

Robert Anthony "Rob" Kelly (born 21 December 1964) is an English former footballer and Manager who is currently a Coach at Championship side Blackburn Rovers.

He is best known for his spell as Manager of Leicester City, as well as being Assistant Manager at several clubs, he has also been a Caretaker Manager at Preston North End, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest and West Bromwich Albion.

Playing career

Kelly began his career at Leicester City, making his debut as a 19-year-old in a home game against Sunderland at the end of the 1983/84 season. He also had a brief loan spell at Tranmere Rovers. After making 18 starts for the Foxes (plus nine substitute appearances) and scoring one goal, he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1986. Before joining Burton Albion.

International Career

As a youngster, he also received a call up to represent the Republic of Ireland at youth level.

Coaching career

In 1989, Kelly was forced to retire aged just 24 after sustaining a back injury, and initially took the job of youth team coach at Wolverhampton Wanderers. He then trained as a journalist at the Wolverhampton Express & Star, before returning to football again, first back in the Wolverhampton Wanderers coaching set-up.

Rob Kelly (rapper)

Rob Kelly (born 1978, Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish rapper, record producer and MC.

Career

Kelly became interested in Hip Hop in the late 80's and early 90's through a BBC 2 show called Dance Energy that was presented by Normski and was soon an avid collector of albums and magazines like The Source and Hip-Hop Connection Several of Rob's friends and relatives excelled in sports two of them earned professional contracts. He is a massive boxing fan and is known to perform ringwalks for Oisin Fagan and Andy Lee both of whom have appeared in his videos. In 2002 while becoming frustrated at hearing some Irish rappers on radio he called in to Wes D'Arcy's "The Big Smoke" on 2FM to complain and was subsequently invited on the show and he soon became a regular fixture.

He was discovered shortly by Irish producer Mike Donnelly, who would become a longtime collaborator. As a major player in Ireland's underground hip-hop scene, Kelly has a small following in the UK, that includes British rapper Tinchy Stryder and US in 2004, he issued his first mixtape, The Kellection, mixed and helmed by DJ Pudgee P, who is known in New York for his Riot Squad street releases, shortly after that he appeared as an "Unsigned Heat" on DJ Vlad website. However, it was his second mixed tape, Bragging Rights (2006), that established his credibility as an Irish rapper. In 2008 Kelly issued the underground hit single Dropkicked, which featured Boston underground rapper Slaine, and sampled I'm Shipping Up to Boston by the Dropkick Murphys. Officially released as an MP3, the hard jam mainly enjoyed airplay within the MySpace web community, and earned the Irish MC work with more American mixtape DJs, such as DJ Bizerkk and DJ Green Lantern. He has opened up live shows, for rappers such as the Game. Nas, Dilated Peoples, Kelis, Kanye West, Raekwon, d12, Maverick Sabre

Rob Kelly (American football)

Robert James Kelly III (born June 21, 1974) is a former professional American football player who played safety for four seasons for the New Orleans Saints in the National Football League and one on the Injured reserve list for the New England Patriots.

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