Clark Keating

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Clark Keating
Personal information
Full name	Clark Anthony Keating
Date of birth	(1976-03-19) 19 March 1976
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland
Original team	Surfers Paradise AFC (QLD)
Draft	TBC, 1992 Brisbane Bears
Height/Weight	197cm / 103kg
Position(s)	Ruckman (retired)
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996 1997 – 2006	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	014 0(9) 125 (74)
Coaching career
notcoach
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2006 season.
Career highlights
Brisbane Lions premiership side 2001, 2002, 2003 Brisbane Lions 2004 Grand Final side

Clark Anthony Keating (born 19 March 1976) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Known as "Crackers" (after former VFL star Peter Keenan), Keating was selected by the Brisbane Bears as a local (along with Brent Green in 1992, playing for their under 19s).

Known by some as the "September Specialist", Keating's history of shoulder injuries sidelined him during the 2002 and 2003 seasons, but he went on and played magnificent finals series to taste premiership success with the Lions 3 times in a row. Had a superb performance in the ruck in the 2002 Grand Final with a career best 39 hitouts.

Keating is the brother of former Adelaide ruckman Aaron Keating who played just 6 games, including the 1997 premiership.

Keating attended The Southport School, Gold Coast, Queensland.

He retired and was delisted by the Lions at the end of 2006.^[1]

Despite not playing the required 150 games, Keating was awarded Brisbane Lions Life Membership for his contributions to the club. At end of the 2007 season, Brisbane Lions signed Clark Keating as a ruck coach due to Shaun Rehn leaving Brisbane. He joined fellow Brisbane premiership players Chris Johnson, Adrian Fletcher and Justin Leppitsch on the Brisbane coaching panel.^[2]

In October 2008, dual premiership ruckman Beau McDonald replaced former premiership team-mate Clark Keating as the Club's part-time ruck coach next season due to Keating's growing business interests.^[3]

References

↑ "Lions shed four, ending Keating's career"
↑ "Fletch lives at Lions". 3 December 2007.
↑ "Lions Football Dept changes". 28 October 2008.

External links

Clark Keating's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
Clark Keating's statistics from AFL Tables

v t e Brisbane Lions 2001/2002/2003 AFL Premiers

2001: Brisbane Lions 15.18 (108) defeated Essendon 12.10 (82), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2002: Brisbane Lions 10.15 (75) defeated Collingwood 9.12 (66), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 2003: Brisbane Lions 20.14 (134) defeated Collingwood 12.12 (84), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

Captain: 3. Voss 2. Johnson 4. McRae 6. Power 10. Ashcroft 11. Lynch 12. Akermanis 13. Pike 15. Michael 16. Brown 20. Black 23. Leppitsch 27. Keating 32. Hart 33. White 44. Lappin

Coach: Matthews

Persondata
Name	Keating, Clark
Alternative names
Short description	Australian rules footballer
Date of birth	19 March 1976
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland
Date of death
Place of death

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