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Key Facts

Full name
Keith Pattinson

Known as
Keith Pattinson

Height and weight
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 73 kg

Senior clubs
Glenelg

Keith Pattinson


ClubLeagueCareer spanGamesGoalsAvgWin %AKIAHBAMKBV
GlenelgSANFL1965-1971911091.20
Total1965-1971911091.20

After making his way through the grades at Glenelg, Keith Pattinson made his senior debut in 1965, but struggled for several years to maintain a regular place in the team. In 1969 he hit a purple patch to coincide with the Bays mounting their first realistic bid for premiership honours for almost two decades. A chunky, energetic rover, he picked up plenty of possessions, and usually used the ball intelligently. He made his only state appearance for South Australia at the 1969 Adelaide carnival when he was picked as first rover against Tasmania. Unfortunately, after the carnival his form dipped slightly, as did Glenelg’s, and although the team ended up making the Grand Final, it lost heavily to Sturt. 

Over the last two years of his league career, Pattinson’s form was cruelly undermined by injury, and he was never quite the same player again as he had been during the first half of the 1969 season. When he left Glenelg in 1971 he had played a total of 91 SANFL games, and kicked 109 goals. Included in those games was the losing Grand Final of 1970, once again against Sturt. 

Pattinson went on to play senior football for Nightcliff in the NTFL, captaining the side in 1972-3, and producing a fine display in the losing 1973-4 Grand Final against Waratahs.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Footy's SA Football Companion

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.