Jimmy Kelly – player, captain, director, chairman, legend.

It was on this day 156 years ago, on October 15, 1865 that Celtic legend, Jimmy Kelly was born in Renton. After playing with the great Renton and Hibernian sides of the early 1880s, he played in Celtic’s inaugural game, the 5-2 win over Rangers on May 28, 1888 and, it was as one of the greatest players in the football world at the time, that he became the club’s first captain...