Jim Keogh | |
Fullname: | James Joseph Keogh |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1897 |
Birth Place: | Mitcham, Victoria |
Death Place: | Queensland |
Originalteam: | Surrey Hills |
Height: | 180 cm |
Weight: | 73 kg |
Statsend: | 1925 |
Years1: | 1921 |
Games Goals1: | 4 (0) |
Years2: | 1922–25 |
Club2: | Brunswick (VFA) |
Games Goals2: | 51 (1) |
James Joseph Keogh (10 September 1897 – 1 June 1963) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
The son of Thomas William Keogh (1860–1928) and Flora Jane Keogh (1872–1955), née Titus, James Joseph Keogh was born at Mitcham, Victoria on 10 September 1897.
He was educated at St Patrick's College, Ballarat.
Aged 18, Keogh enlisted in the First AIF in May 1916, and served overseas, returning to Australia in June 1919.[2]
Jim Keogh played four games for Collingwood in 1921, but struggled to gain a regular place in the Collingwood team.
Keogh transferred to Brunswick in 1922[3] where he played for the next four seasons.