Australian rules footballer
Australian rules footballer
Tony Keenan (born 6 May 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
Keenan, a ruckman and key position player originally from Diamond Valley Football League club Greensborough, was a member of the 1980 Victorian Teal Cup team[3] and captained the 1981 Victorian Teal Cup team, which featured future greats Dermott Brereton, Gary Pert and Paul Salmon.[4]
Keenan was recruited by Collingwood in 1982 and played three VFL games, two in 1982 and one in 1984.[5] He was traded to Melbourne midway through the 1984 season, in return for fellow ruckman Glenn McLean, but suffered a knee injury before joining his new club and didn't play for the rest of the year.[4] The following season Keenan was again on the sidelines after dislocating a shoulder and undergoing reconstructive surgery.[6]
Keenan left Melbourne at the end of the 1985 VFL season without playing a senior game, moving first to Victorian Football Association (VFA) club Preston, Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) side Bulleen-Templestowe and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Norwood before his retirement in 1988.[4]
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