Don Keyter | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 13 September 1931 | ||
Date of death | 11 November 1986 | (aged 55)||
Original team(s) | Merbein | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1953–1958 | South Melbourne | 86 (81) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Don Keyter (13 September 1931 – 11 November 1986) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Keyter, a ruckman and centre half-forward from Merbein, played 86 league games for South Melbourne, from 1953 to 1958. [2] [3] He was a Victoria "B" interstate representative in 1957, against Tasmania. [2] [4] Also that year, he kicked a goal to give South Melbourne a four-point win over then reigning premiers Melbourne at Lake Oval in round 17. [5] His snap shot, from 30 yards out in the pocket, went through for a goal as the siren went. [5]
In 1959 and 1960, Keyter was captain-coach of New South Wales club Griffith in the South West Football League (New South Wales), then coached in the Wimmera Football League. [6] [7] He joined Latrobe Valley Football League side Moe, as coach, for the 1963 season and performed well enough on the field to gain the most votes in the 1963 Trood Award & Rodda Medal count, for which he was ineligible due to suspension. [8] After another season coaching Moe in 1964, [9] Keyter was put in charge of East Hawthorn in the Metropolitan Football League in 1965 [10] and they won three consecutive premierships in 1965, 1966 and 1967. [11] He then went onto coach Rochester in 1968. [12]
Don Keyter | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 13 September 1931 | ||
Date of death | 11 November 1986 | (aged 55)||
Original team(s) | Merbein | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1953–1958 | South Melbourne | 86 (81) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Don Keyter (13 September 1931 – 11 November 1986) [1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Keyter, a ruckman and centre half-forward from Merbein, played 86 league games for South Melbourne, from 1953 to 1958. [2] [3] He was a Victoria "B" interstate representative in 1957, against Tasmania. [2] [4] Also that year, he kicked a goal to give South Melbourne a four-point win over then reigning premiers Melbourne at Lake Oval in round 17. [5] His snap shot, from 30 yards out in the pocket, went through for a goal as the siren went. [5]
In 1959 and 1960, Keyter was captain-coach of New South Wales club Griffith in the South West Football League (New South Wales), then coached in the Wimmera Football League. [6] [7] He joined Latrobe Valley Football League side Moe, as coach, for the 1963 season and performed well enough on the field to gain the most votes in the 1963 Trood Award & Rodda Medal count, for which he was ineligible due to suspension. [8] After another season coaching Moe in 1964, [9] Keyter was put in charge of East Hawthorn in the Metropolitan Football League in 1965 [10] and they won three consecutive premierships in 1965, 1966 and 1967. [11] He then went onto coach Rochester in 1968. [12]