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Key Facts

Full name
Peter Keays

Known as
Peter Keays

Born
4 September 1955 (age 69)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 18y 263d
Last game: 25y 261d

Height and weight
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 82 kg

Senior clubs
Melbourne; Fitzroy

Jumper numbers
Melbourne: 51, 16
Fitzroy: 13

Recruited from
Melbourne (1978)

Peter Keays

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
MelbourneV/AFL1974-19774040.1038%8.791.672.180
FitzroyV/AFL1978-19814900.0043%10.063.242.100
V/AFL1974-19818940.0440%9.502.552.140
Total1974-19818940.0440%9.502.552.140

AFL: 8,670th player to appear, 2,776th most games played, 6,839th most goals kickedMelbourne: 935th player to appear, 400th most games played, 636th most goals kickedFitzroy: 956th player to appear, 255th most games played, 1,119th most goals kicked

Peter Keays was a determined backman often saddled with the job of minding the opposition’s most dangerous forward. He was pacy and stuck to his task doggedly. He joined Melbourne from Broadford and played 40 VFL games and kicked four goals for the club between 1974 and 1977.

The 1978 season saw Keays at Fitzroy where he added a final 49 VFL games (but no goals) over four seasons. In 1982 and 1983 he played 19 WAFL games without kicking a goal for East Fremantle before rounding off his career with a three season stint at VFA side Springvale.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers by Russell Holmesby & Jim Main; Wikipedia article; http://demonwiki.org/Peter+Keays

Footnotes

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