Patrick Joseph Keary (10 October 1901 – 20 February 1974) 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 who played with
Hawthorn 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 ...
(VFL).
Family
The son of Patrick Joseph Ambrose Keary (1886–1931), and Mary Ellen Bridget Keary (1885–1966), née Webb, Patrick Joseph Keary was born at Richmond on 10 October 1901.
Football
Recruited from Hawthorn Juniors, Keary played in each of Hawthorn's first six seasons in the VFL. He scored one goal in his VFL career, registered in the final round of the 1927 season in a loss against Richmond.
After his VFL playing career, Keary managed the Hawthorn reserves for over 20 years and in recognition of his service the club named its reserves
best and fairest
In Australian sport, the best and fairest award recognises the player(s) adjudged to have had the best performance in a game or over a season for a given sporting club or competition. The awards are sometimes dependent on not receiving a suspensi ...
award the Blue Keary trophy.
Death
Keary died at Fitzroy in February 1974 and is buried at Boroondara General Cemetery.
Honours and achievements
Individual
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Hawthorn life member
References
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1901 births
1974 deaths
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Hawthorn Football Club players
20th-century Australian sportsmen
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