Kelly was born in Dublin in 1936 and was capped 47 times between 1958 and 1973. Kelly captained his country for a 1972 World Cup qualifier against the Soviet Union and managed Ireland in 1980 for a home game against Switzerland.
His son Alan Kelly Jnr was capped 34 times by Ireland and is the current Republic of Ireland senior team goalkeeping coach.
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