Australian Football

Extremely tall at 202 cm but boasting surprising mobility and athleticism, Subiaco's Laurie Keene, when fully fit, was always a handful for opposing defenders or ruckmen. Equally at home leading the rucks or in a key forward position, he topped the Lions goal kicking list with 78 goals in 1985, and won the club fairest and best award the following year. He was a key contributor to Subiaco premiership-winning teams in 1986 and 1988. 

Recruited by West Coast as a member of that club's inaugural VFL squad in 1987 he was cruelly undermined by injury in his efforts to establish himself and managed just 36 senior games in four seasons on top of the 141 he played for Subiaco between 1981 and 1994. Four times a West Australian interstate representative during the mid-1980s, Keene was selected in the 1986 All Australian team.

Author - John Devaney