Keith Bromage
| Keith Bromage | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | 8 November 1937 | ||
| Died |
26 June 2024 (aged 86) Perth, Western Australia, Australia | ||
| Original team | Collingwood Thirds[1] | ||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1953–1956 | Collingwood | 28 (30) | |
| 1958–1961 | Fitzroy | 41 (48) | |
| Total | 69 (78) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Keith Bromage (8 November 1937 – 26 June 2024) was an Australian rules footballer. He played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in his Victorian Football League (VFL) career.
When he debuted against Richmond in 1953 at 15 years and 287 days of age, he was thought to be the youngest debutant in the history of the game.[2] However, in 2012 it was discovered that Claude Clough was aged 15 years and 209 days when he made his debut for St Kilda in May 1900.[3] Bromage moved to Fitzroy in 1958, and was the VFL reserves leading goalkicker in 1959, with 66 goals.[4]
From 1962 to 1965 he was captain-coach of Manuka Football Club in Canberra.[5]
In 1968, while playing for Dimboola, he was the leading goal-kicker for the Wimmera Football League.
Bromage died of brain cancer on 26 June 2024, age the age of 86.[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Boy, 15, goalsneak for Collingwood". The News. Adelaide. 21 August 1953. p. 27. Retrieved 9 June 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ Daffey, Paul (2 May 2004). "The Ten". The Age. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- ↑ Twomey, Callum (21 March 2012). "Not such a baby Bomber". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012.
- ↑ "Scoreboard", Football Record, 80 (28): 42, 28 September 1991
- ↑ "Manuka gets leading rules player". Canberra Times. 14 February 1962. p. 32.
- ↑ Vale Fred Smith and Keith Bromage
External links
[edit]- Keith Bromage's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Keith Bromage profile via Collingwood Forever
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- 1937 births
- 2024 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
- Collingwood Football Club players
- Fitzroy Football Club players
- Dimboola Football Club players
- Manuka Football Club players
- Deaths from brain cancer in Western Australia
- 20th-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian rules football biography, 1930s birth stubs