Tyler Keitel

Tyler Keitel
Personal information
Full name	Tyler James Keitel
Date of birth	(1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 29)
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	(Noranda JFC), East Perth
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	91 kg (201 lb)
Position(s)	Key Forward
Club information
Current club	West Perth
Number	37
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2015–	West Perth	191 (406)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2021—	Western Australia	3 (6)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 14, 2025.
Career highlights
7x West Perth leading goalkicker: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 2025 5x Bernie Naylor Medal: 2018, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 West Perth Best & Fairest: 2019 2x WAFL Team of the Year WAFL premiership player: 2022

Tyler Keitel (born 7 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Early Career

Keitel started his career playing for East Perth's WAFL Colts team from 2012 to 2014. Keitel nominated for the 2014 AFL national draft but was overlooked by all 18 clubs and did not get signed. After being overlooked in the draft Keitel left East Perth and joined the West Perth Football Club. ^[1]

WAFL Career

Keitel joined West Perth ahead of the 2015 WAFL season and has used his utility ability to be able to swap between a dangerous tall forward and a string key defender. Though through his career Keitel has been more dangerous as a key forward for the Falcons. ^[2] This role has made Keitel a 3 time Bernie Naylor Medalist and a 5 time club leading goalkicker for West Perth. ^[3]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023. ^[4]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs
#	Played in that season's  premiership team	†	Led the league for  the season

Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals								Averages (per game)
				G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	H/O
2015	West Perth	37	14	6	8	102	78	180	57	27	55	0.4	0.6	7.3	5.6	12.9	4.1	1.9	3.9
2016	West Perth	37	21	2	2	253	142	395	105	58	73	0.1	0.1	12.0	6.8	18.8	5.0	2.8	3.5
2017	West Perth	37	21	46	44	227	75	302	109	54	35	2.2	2.1	10.8	3.6	14.4	3.6	5.2	1.7
2018	West Perth	37	22	50†	39	236	61	297	119	41	58	2.3	1.8	10.7	2.8	13.5	5.4	1.9	2.6
2019	West Perth	37	17	25	13	214	90	304	107	64	142	1.5	0.8	12.6	5.3	17.9	6.3	3.8	8.4
2020 [a]	West Perth	37	10	25	12	99	32	131	41	26	31	2.5	1.2	9.9	3.2	13.1	4.1	2.6	3.1
2021	West Perth	37	19	70†	34	214	57	271	107	37	39	3.6	0.6	7.6	5.3	13.0	5.0	1.9	2.1
2022 #	West Perth	37	19	38	37	225	118	343	114	36	61	1.5	1.3	6.5	4.4	10.9	3.4	1.8	3.2
2023	West Perth	37	18	57†	32	185	66	251	99	38	19	3.2	1.8	10.3	3.7	13.9	5.5	2.1	1.0
Career			161	319	221	1570	719	2474	858	381	477	2.0	1.4	9.8	4.5	15.3	5.3	2.4	3.0

Notes

1. The 2020 season was played with 9 home-and-away matches per team (down from 18) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

1. "2014 Draft Profile: Tyler Keitel". 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
2. "Tyler Keitel ruled eligible for clearance". wetsperthfc.com.au. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
3. "From a family of Falcons: Milestone day looms for WAFL gun Keitel". afl.com.au. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
4. "Tyler Keitel". West Australian Football League. Retrieved 25 January 2024.

External links

• Tyler Keitel's WAFL playing statistics at WAFLFootyFacts.net