Clark Keating

Clark Keating
Personal information
Full name	Clark Anthony Keating
Date of birth	19 March 1976
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland
Original team(s)	Surfers Paradise AFC
Height / weight	197cm / 103kg
Position(s)	Ruckman
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996 1997–2006 Total -	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	014 0(9) 125 (74) 139 (83)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2006.
Career highlights
Brisbane Lions premiership player: 2001, 2002 & 2003 Brisbane Lions 2004 AFL Grand Final side

Clark Anthony Keating (born 19 March 1976) is a former 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]

Statistics

^[4]

Legend
G	Goals	B	Behinds	K	Kicks	H	Handballs	D	Disposals	M	Marks	T	Tackles

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
1996	Brisbane Bears	27	14	9	3	70	44	114	35	10	0.6	0.2	5.0	3.1	8.1	2.5	0.7
1997	Brisbane Lions	27	20	15	6	136	67	203	83	13	0.8	0.3	6.8	3.4	10.2	4.2	0.7
1998	Brisbane Lions	27	7	1	3	29	33	62	13	6	0.1	0.4	4.1	4.7	8.9	1.9	0.9
1999	Brisbane Lions	27	21	18	7	95	35	130	53	18	0.9	0.3	4.5	1.7	6.2	2.5	0.9
2000	Brisbane Lions	27	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	Brisbane Lions	27	20	15	9	70	51	121	47	25	0.8	0.5	3.5	2.6	6.1	2.4	1.3
2002	Brisbane Lions	27	12	4	2	35	33	68	19	12	0.3	0.2	2.9	2.8	5.7	1.6	1.0
2003	Brisbane Lions	27	12	5	6	47	31	78	20	15	0.4	0.5	3.9	2.6	6.5	1.7	1.3
2004	Brisbane Lions	27	11	5	8	44	30	74	24	12	0.5	0.7	4.0	2.7	6.7	2.2	1.1
2005	Brisbane Lions	27	15	10	7	61	47	108	31	24	0.7	0.5	4.1	3.1	7.2	2.1	1.6
2006	Brisbane Lions	27	7	1	1	28	30	58	19	6	0.1	0.1	4.0	4.3	8.3	2.7	0.9
Career			139	83	52	615	401	1016	344	141	0.6	0.4	4.4	2.9	7.3	2.5	1.0

References

1. "Lions shed four, ending Keating's career"
2. "Fletch lives at Lions". 3 December 2007.
3. "Lions Football Dept changes". 28 October 2008.
4. Clark Keating's player profile at AFL Tables

External links

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