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Dan Keily

Dan Keily
Personal information
Full name Mortimer Patrick Keily
Date of birth 16 May 1892
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death 28 June 1967(1967-06-28) (aged 75)
Place of death Preston, Victoria
Original team(s) Brighton Jrs / Havelock
Height 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Position(s) Full-back, Wingman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1914–17, 1919–21 Carlton 53 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1921.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mortimer 'Dan' Keily (16 May 1892 – 28 June 1967) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Keily, a Brighton junior and former Havelock player, struggled to cement a place in a strong Carlton team which made the finals in every season that he was at the club. After missing out on the 1914 and 1915 premierships, Keily was a losing Grand Finalist in 1916. A wingman or fullback, he received a life suspension[2] after Carlton's 1917 semi-final loss to Fitzroy for using abusive language toward a steward at the subsequent tribunal hearing.[3] The life suspension was lifted in the second half of the 1919 season, with Keily having effectively served a 24 match ban.

References

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 466. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Football". Sporting Judge. Vol. XXVI, no. 22. Victoria, Australia. 6 October 1917. p. 4.
  3. ^ "FOOTBALL OFFENCES". The Argus. No. 22, 187. Melbourne, Australia. 7 September 1917. p. 3.
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