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Frank Keppel
Personal information
Full name Francis Sylvester Keppel
Date of birth 8 December 1899
Place of birth Marysville, Victoria
Date of death 4 February 1975(1975-02-04) (aged 75)
Place of death Ashwood, Victoria
Original team(s) Cobden
Height 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1927–1930 Geelong 40 (3)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Francis Sylvester Keppel (8 December 1899 – 4 February 1975)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Keppel spent much of the 1920s playing with the Thornton Football Club, but was with Cobden when he was invited by the Geelong committee to train with the VFL club.[3]

Already 27 years of age, Keppel had a brief stint in the Geelong seconds before appearing with the seniors for the final eight games of the 1927 season.[4]

He played 12 matches in each of the next two seasons and was a wingman in the Geelong team which lost the 1930 VFL Grand Final, his last game.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Frank Keppel - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
  3. ^ Alexandra and Yea Standard, 2 September 1927, p. 2
  4. ^ a b AFL Tables: Frank Keppel