Rod Keogh

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Rod Keogh
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-03-25) 25 March 1971 (age 50)
Original team(s) Castlemaine (Bendigo FL)
Draft No. 27, 1988 national draft
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1989–1993 Melbourne 22 0(8)
1994–1998 St Kilda 60 (21)
Total82 (29)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1998.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Rod Keogh (born 25 March 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Keogh usually played in the midfield or at half forward and was recruited to Melbourne from Castlemaine. [1] He made his league debut in 1990 but spent most of the season with the reserves where he won a Gardiner Medal. In 1993 he won another Gardiner Medal [2] after failing to play a senior game that year. He moved to St Kilda in 1994 [3] and was a member of their 1997 grand final losing side. Keogh was delisted at the end of the 1998 season. [4]

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