A member of the Australian, Queensland and Magpies teams of the century, Kelly was sent off 17 times and had his fair share of scraps. Yet he was an empathetic man awarded an OAM partly for his care of hospitalised former players.
Source: SMH Sport
Combustible but caring, Noel 'Ned' Kelly was a hard man with heart of gold
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