Keith John Warburton (7 June 1929 – 28 June 2018) was an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
.
Warburton first played senior football for the
Brighton Football Club in the
Victorian Football Association
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
. He was a member of Brighton's sole premiership team in
1948
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, and kicked three goals in the Grand Final;
and, he was the Association's
leading goalkicker in
1949
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January
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, kicking 101 goals.
Altogether, Warburton played 90 games for Brighton, and kicked 317 goals.
Warburton moved to the
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club based at Princes Park (stadium), Princes Park in Carlton North, Victoria, Carlton North, an inner suburb of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. The c ...
in the Victorian Football League, and made his debut in Round 1 of the 1951 season. He received a heavy knock during a game in 1952 and was rushed to hospital after collapsing at a dance after the game. He was eventually forced to retire in 1955 due to ongoing problems as a result of that knock.
References
External links
Keith Warburtona
Blueseum
1929 births
2018 deaths
Carlton Football Club players
Brighton Football Club players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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