Clark Keating

Last updated

Clark Keating
Personal information
Full name Clark Anthony Keating
Date of birth (1976-03-19) 19 March 1976 (age 47)
Place of birth Gold Coast, Queensland
Original team(s) Surfers Paradise AFC
Height 197 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1996 Brisbane Bears 014 0(9)
1997–2006 Brisbane Lions 125 (74)
Total139 (83)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Clark Anthony Keating (born 19 March 1976) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Contents

Known as "Crackers" (after former VFL star Peter Keenan), Keating was selected by the Brisbane Bears as a local (along with Brent Green in 1992, playing for their under 19s).

Known by some as the "September Specialist", Keating's history of shoulder injuries sidelined him during the 2002 and 2003 seasons, but he went on and played magnificent finals series to taste premiership success with the Lions 3 times in a row. He had a superb performance in the ruck in the 2002 Grand Final with a career best 39 hitouts.

Keating is the brother of former Adelaide ruckman Aaron Keating who played just 6 games, including the 1997 premiership.

Keating attended The Southport School.

He retired and was delisted by the Lions at the end of 2006. [1]

Despite not playing the required 150 games, Keating was awarded Brisbane Lions Life Membership for his contributions to the club. At end of the 2007 season, Brisbane Lions signed Clark Keating as a ruck coach due to Shaun Rehn leaving Brisbane. He joined fellow Brisbane premiership players Chris Johnson, Adrian Fletcher and Justin Leppitsch on the Brisbane coaching panel. [2]

In October 2008, dual premiership ruckman Beau McDonald replaced former premiership team-mate Clark Keating as the Club's part-time ruck coach next season due to Keating's growing business interests. [3]

Statistics

[4]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
1996 Brisbane Bears 271493704411435100.60.25.03.18.12.50.7
1997 Brisbane Lions 27201561366720383130.80.36.83.410.24.20.7
1998 Brisbane Lions 277132933621360.10.44.14.78.91.90.9
1999 Brisbane Lions 2721187953513053180.90.34.51.76.22.50.9
2000 Brisbane Lions 270——————————————
2001 Brisbane Lions 2720159705112147250.80.53.52.66.12.41.3
2002 Brisbane Lions 27124235336819120.30.22.92.85.71.61.0
2003 Brisbane Lions 27125647317820150.40.53.92.66.51.71.3
2004 Brisbane Lions 27115844307424120.50.74.02.76.72.21.1
2005 Brisbane Lions 2715107614710831240.70.54.13.17.22.11.6
2006 Brisbane Lions 277112830581960.10.14.04.38.32.70.9
Career139835261540110163441410.60.44.42.97.32.51.0

Related Research Articles

Martin Pike is a former professional Australian rules footballer, who played in four Australian Football League (AFL) premiership sides. A tough, versatile wingman, Pike has been described as a "natural player" of the game. Highlights of his career included a premiership with the North Melbourne Football Club, three more with Brisbane, the final AFL best-and-fairest winner with Fitzroy in 1996, and selection in the 1998 South Australian State-Of-Origin side.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Luke Power</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1980

Luke Power is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). A member of the Brisbane Lions's 2001, 2002, and 2003 premiership winning teams, he played 282 games for the Lions before moving to Greater Western Sydney where he played his final season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brendon Lade</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1976

Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently a senior assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs Football Club.

Aaron Keating is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) and the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). His six-game AFL career included the 1997 premiership.

Shaun Jason Rehn is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew Clarke (Australian footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1973

Matthew Clarke is a former professional Australian rules football player and current coach who is the head coach of Adelaide in the AFL Women's. Prior to coaching, he played in the Australian Football League (AFL), his career spanning four clubs and a total of 258 games between 1993 and 2007. He was known as one of the most effective tap ruckmen of his era.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aaron Sandilands</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1982

Aaron Sandilands is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At 211 cm tall, and with a peak weight of 120 kg (265 lb), he is the second heaviest and equal tallest player to ever play in the AFL.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Neil Balme</span> Australian rules footballer, born 1952

Neil Allen Balme is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL), as well as for the Subiaco Football Club in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and the Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Mark Seaby is a former professional Australian rules football player. He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles as well as being a backup ruckman for the Sydney Swans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mitch Clark (Australian footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

Mitchell Clark is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions, Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jamie Charman</span> Australian rules footballer

Jamie Charman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Beau McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ben Hudson</span> Australian rules footballer

Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.

Trent Knobel is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Corey McKernan is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Carlton Blues in the Australian Football League (AFL). A dual Premiership player, a one-time All-Australian at North Melbourne, and a one-time club best and fairest winner and leading goalkicker at Carlton, McKernan was at one time considered to be one of the very best players in the country. He is the older brother to Shaun McKernan, who played with Adelaide Crows, Essendon, and St Kilda.

Steve McKee is a former Australian rules footballer for both Richmond (1998–1999) and Collingwood (2000–2004) in the Australian Football League. An effective ruckman, McKee is best remembered for his four-year stint with Collingwood, where he represented the team in the 2002 AFL Grand Final.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shane Mumford</span> Australian rules footballer

Shane Mumford is a former professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has also previously played for the Geelong Football Club and the Sydney Swans. He was a part of Sydney's 2012 premiership team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Martin</span> Australian rules footballer

Stefan Martin is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions, and Melbourne in the Australian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club</span> Football club

Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club is a Gold Coast based club competing in the AFL Queensland QAFL Australian rules football competition.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jonathon Ceglar</span> Australian rules footballer

Jonathon Ceglar is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Ceglar was also listed with the Collingwood Football Club but did not play a game for them.

References

  1. ↑ "Lions shed four, ending Keating's career Archived 7 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine "
  2. ↑ "Fletch lives at Lions". 3 December 2007.
  3. ↑ "Lions Football Dept changes". 28 October 2008.
  4. ↑ Clark Keating's player profile at AFL Tables
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.