Keith Rae (footballer)
| Keith Rae | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Keith Stanley Rae | ||
| Date of birth | 30 July 1917 | ||
| Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria | ||
| Date of death | 23 December 2021 (aged 104) | ||
| Place of death | Rosebud, Victoria | ||
| Original team(s) | Williamstown, Carlton Juniors | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1937–1939 | Williamstown (VFA) | 29 (31) | |
| 1939, 1943 | Carlton | 15 (2) | |
| 1946 | Richmond | 2 (1) | |
| Total | 46 (34) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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• Richmond Second XVIII Premiership Team 1946 | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Keith Stanley Rae (30 July 1917 – 23 December 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Family
[edit]The son of Stanley Rae (1893-1968), and Ruby Adele Rae (1893-1983), née Pilling, Keith Stanley Rae was born at Williamstown, Victoria on 30 July 1917.[2]
He married Joan McCarthy (1931-1984) on 14 April 1950.
Education
[edit]He attended Footscray Technical School and did a welding course at the Williamstown Dockyards.
Football
[edit]Williamstown (VFA)
[edit]Recruited from the Williamstown Seconds in 1937, he played three seasons for the Williamstown Football Club.
Carlton (VFL)
[edit]He was spotted by Carlton's recruiter Newton Chandler whilst playing for Williamstown, and was invited to try out for the Carlton team as a wingman or centre.[3] After playing two games for Carlton in 1939, he joined the Navy.[4]
Richmond (VFL)
[edit]He moved to Richmond in 1946, and played in two First XVIII games, scoring one goal, and in fourteen Second XVIII games, including the 1946 Second's Grand Final.[5][6]
Military service
[edit]During World War Two he served in the Royal Australian Navy. In June 1942, Rae was on board when HMAS Nestor was attacked and sunk in the Mediterranean.[7] He survived, and returned to Australia in 1943.
Cricket
[edit]He was also a talented junior cricketer.[8]
Oldest living former VFL footballer
[edit]Following the death of Ken Feltscheer in December 2017, Rae became the oldest living former VFL footballer.[9][10]
Death
[edit]Rae died at Rosebud, Victoria on 23 December 2021, at the age of 104.[11]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.685.
- ^ Births: Rae, The Age, (Saturday, 4 August 1917), p.7.
- ^ "Will Rae Hold Carlton Pivot?". Sporting Globe. No. 1788. Victoria, Australia. 16 August 1939. p. 10 (Edition2 : Football Section). Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Nominal Roll.
- ^ "Two New Men at Richmond". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 110. Victoria, Australia. 17 May 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Hogan (Melbourne), 1996, pp.312.
- ^ HMAS Nestor, navy.gov.au.
- ^ "Sailor-Cricketer". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXIII, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 8 November 1941. p. 17. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ De Bolfo, Tony (9 July 2014). "Mac joins Newt in Ton-Up Club". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ De Bolfo, Tony (29 July 2020). "103 not out – A tribute to Carlton's Keith Rae". www.carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
- ^ Vale Keith Rae
References
[edit]- World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Seaman Keith Stanley Rae (W/1114), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
- World War Service Record: Leading Seaman Keith Stanley Rae (W/1114), National Archives of Australia.
- Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
External links
[edit]- Keith Rae at AustralianFootball.com
- Keith Rae's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Keith Rae's playing statistics at The VFA Project
- Keith Rae's profile at Blueseum
- Keith Rae at CricketArchive (subscription required)