- Keith Shea
Infobox afl player | firstname = Keith
lastname = Shea
image size = 100
birthdate = 10 August 1914
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heightweight = 175 cm / 78 kg
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debutdate = 1932
debutteam = Carlton
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playingteams = Carlton (1932-37)
* 91 games, 101 goals
Hawthorn (1945)
* 8 games, 8 goalsTotal - 99 Games, 109 Goals
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statsend = 1945
careerhighlights =Keith Shea (born 10 August 1914) was an
Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1930s.Shea was a half forward and played with Carlton from 1932 to 1937. He polled well in the Brownlow Medal, the closest he came to winning was in 1934 where he fell 2 votes short with an equal 3rd placing. Shea finished 3rd again the following season and equal fourth in 1937.
He represented Victoria on 10 occasions during his time at Carlton. It was playing for Victoria in the
1937 Perth Carnival where he caught the eyes of theSubiaco Football Club recruiters who signed him up for the 1938 season. During his stint with Subiaco he played interstate football with Western Australia.Shea returned to the VFL in 1945 as captain-coach of Hawthorn, retiring as a player at the season's end but staying on as coach in 1946.
External links
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* [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/sh-sm.htm#Keith%20Shea%20(Carlton,%20Subiaco,%20Hawthorn) Full Points Footy Biography: Keith Shea]
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