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Tony Keenan

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Tony Keenan
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-05-06) 6 May 1964 (age 60)
Original team(s) Greensborough (DVFL)[1]
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1982–1984 Collingwood 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1984.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Tony Keenan (born 6 May 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Keenan, a ruckman and key position player originally from Diamond Valley Football League club Greensborough, was a member of the 1980 Victorian Teal Cup team[3] and captained the 1981 Victorian Teal Cup team, which featured future greats Dermott Brereton, Gary Pert and Paul Salmon.[4]

Keenan was recruited by Collingwood in 1982 and played three VFL games, two in 1982 and one in 1984.[5] He was traded to Melbourne midway through the 1984 season, in return for fellow ruckman Glenn McLean, but suffered a knee injury before joining his new club and didn't play for the rest of the year.[4] The following season Keenan was again on the sidelines after dislocating a shoulder and undergoing reconstructive surgery.[6]

Keenan left Melbourne at the end of the 1985 VFL season without playing a senior game, moving first to Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Preston, Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) side Bulleen-Templestowe and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Norwood before his retirement in 1988.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Sport". Collingwood Football Club.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
  3. ^ "Tony Keenan". Demonwiki.
  4. ^ a b c The Age,"The Coodabeens of '81", 17 September 1989, p. 56
  5. ^ AFL Tables: Tony Keenan
  6. ^ "Tony Keenan". Demonwiki.