Keith Outten | |
Fullname: | Keith Phillip Outten |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1947 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Death Place: | Croydon, New South Wales, Australia |
Club1: | Balmain Tigers |
Year1start: | 1968 |
Year1end: | 71 |
Appearances1: | 72 |
Tries1: | 14 |
Goals1: | 2 |
Fieldgoals1: | 3 |
Points1: | 52 |
Club2: | North Sydney Bears |
Year2start: | 1972 |
Year2end: | 74 |
Appearances2: | 52 |
Tries2: | 4 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
Points2: | 14 |
Club3: | Balmain Tigers |
Year3start: | 1975 |
Appearances3: | 9 |
Tries3: | 0 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Fieldgoals3: | 0 |
Points3: | 0 |
Source: | [1] |
Keith Outten (1947−2022) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s.
A five-eighth, Outten played four seasons with Balmain between 1968 and 1971. During this period, he won a premiership with the Tigers when he played five-eighth in the 1969 Grand Final.
Outten made a successful shift to the North Sydney Bears for three seasons between 1972 and 1974, before returning to Balmain for one final season in 1975. He captain-coached the rural club Yanco before retiring as a player.[2] [3] [4] [5] He died on 26 October 2022 following a long illness at the age of 75[6]