Alfred John Kelsey was a Welsh international football goalkeeper, who played for Arsenal.
14 Facts About Jack Kelsey
1.
2.
Jack Kelsey is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers to play for Wales.
3.
Jack Kelsey was born at 382 Jersey Road in the Llansamlet area of Swansea, the second of three children born to Alfred Kelsey and his wife Sarah Ann.
4.
Jack Kelsey's father hailed from London but had moved to South Wales in 1911 where he worked as a smelter furnaceman.
5.
Jack Kelsey attended Cwm School but left at a young age to work alongside his father and qualified as a crane driver.
6.
Arsenal already had an established first-choice goalkeeper at this time, in George Swindin, so Jack Kelsey could do nothing but wait for his chance to play for the first team.
7.
Jack Kelsey played as Arsenal won the 1953 FA Charity Shield.
Related searches
George Swindin 8.
Jack Kelsey was a runner-up in the first Inter-Cities Fairs Cup final in 1958, playing for a London XI representative side against FC Barcelona.
9.
Jack Kelsey became a regular first choice keeper for Wales, making his debut in 1954, winning 41 caps in total.
10.
Jack Kelsey was Wales's keeper in the 1958 World Cup, their only finals appearance until 2022.
11.
Jack Kelsey played for the Great Britain team against a Rest of Europe side in 1955 and for The Football League XI against the Scottish Football League XI in March 1960.
12.
Jack Kelsey's career was cut short after he sustained a back injury playing for Wales in a friendly against Brazil in May 1962, whilst trying to save at the feet of Vava; despite many attempts to rectify his injury, he was forced to retire a year later.
13.
Jack Kelsey died in Friern Barnet, London in 1992, at the age of 62.
14.
In September 2010 Jack Kelsey was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.