Clark Keating
Personal information
Full name	Clark Anthony Keating
Date of birth	19 March 1976 (1976-03-19) (age 33)
Place of birth	Gold Coast, Queensland
Recruited from	Surfer's Paradise AFC (QLD)
Draft	TBC, 1992 Brisbane Bears
Height/Weight	197cm / 100kg
Position(s)	Ruckman (retired)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996 1997 – 2006	Brisbane Bears Brisbane Lions	014 0(9) 125 (74)
1 Playing statistics to end of 2006 season .

Clark Anthony Keating (born 19 March 1976) was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

Known as "Crackers" (after former VFL star Peter Keenan), Keating was picked up by the Brisbane Bears as a local (along with Brent Green in 1992, playing for their Under 19s). He was listed with the Bears until his debut in 1996.

Known by some as the "September Specialist", Keating's history of shoulder injuries sidelined him during the 2002 and 2003 seasons, but he went on and played magnificent finals series to taste premiership success with the Lions 3 times in a row. Had a superb performance in the ruck in the 2002 Grand Final with a career best 39 hitouts.

Keating is the brother of former Adelaide ruckman Aaron Keating who played just 6 games, including the 1997 premiership.

Keating attended The Southport School, Gold Coast, Queensland.

He retired and was delisted by the Lions at the end of 2006.^[1]

Despite not playing the required 150 games, Keating was awarded Brisbane Lions Life Membership for his contributions to the club. At end of the 2007 season, Brisbane Lions has signed Clark Keating as a ruck coach due to Shaun Rehn leaving Brisbane Lions.

He will link up with fellow premiership players (now coaches) Chris Johnson and Justin Leppitsch.^{[citation needed]}

On October 30 2008, Dual premiership ruckman Beau McDonald has replace former premiership team-mate Clark Keating as the Club's part-time ruck coach next season due to clark keating's growing business interests.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Clark Keating profile on the Official AFL Website of the Brisbane Lions Football Club
• Clark Keating's statistics from AFL Tables