Terence John "Terry" Keays (born 3 May 1970) is a former

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er who played with Collingwood and

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in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL). His grandfather Fred Keays represented both Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League. Keays was just 16 years of age when he began playing senior VFL football in

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, the youngest Collingwood footballer to debut since

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and

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. A utility, he played 10 games in his debut season and also represented Victoria in the

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that year. Keays added just four games to his tally over the next two seasons, then made six appearances in

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, a premiership year, the last of which was in round 20. Keays was traded to Richmond for the fourth pick in the

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, which Collingwood used to secure Jason McCartney. Keays missed just one game in the first 14 rounds of the

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, which was in between a five-goal haul in a win over Fitzroy and a seven-goal effort against Footscray at

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. By the end of the season he had amassed 27 goals, placing him third in the Richmond goal-kicking behind

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(68) and

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(38). In 1993 he played with the

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and although he was picked up again by Collingwood in the Mid-Season Draft, he didn't play another league game for the club. He was a playing coach for Tasmanian club Latrobe in 1994 and topped the NTFL goal-kicking that season with 117 goals, including 18 goals in one match.Stoward, p. 127. Keays ran second in the 1987 VFL Grand Final half time sprint.

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* Stoward, J. (2001) ''Australian rules football in Tasmania'', self-published: Hobart. {{DEFAULTSORT:Keays, Terry 1970 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Collingwood Football Club players Richmond Football Club players Frankston Football Club players Latrobe Football Club players Living people