Don Keyter
{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox AFL biography
| name = Don Keyter
| image =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|9|13|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|11|11|1931|9|13|df=yes}}
| death_place =
| originalteam = Merbein
| height = 185 cm
| weight = 81 kg
| position =
| statsend = 1958
| years1 = 1953–1958
| club1 = South Melbourne
| games_goals1 = 86 (81)
| careerhighlights =
}}
Don Keyter (13 September 1931 – 11 November 1986){{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/don%2Bkeyter/8364|title=Don Keyter - Player Bio|publisher=Australian Football|accessdate=21 November 2014}} was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Career
=South Melbourne=
Keyter, a ruckman and centre half-forward from Merbein, played 86 league games for South Melbourne, from 1953 to 1958.{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/alltime/swans.html| title=Sydney - All Time Player List| publisher=AFL Tables}}
He was a Victoria "B" interstate representative in 1957, against Tasmania.{{cite web|url=http://australianfootball.com/players/player/don%2Bkeyter/8364| title=Biography| publisher=Australian Football.com}} Also that year, he kicked a goal to give South Melbourne a four-point win over then reigning premiers Melbourne at Lake Oval in round 17.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aIgQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4485,2712484|title=Demons Overpowered by Determined South|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=19 August 1957|accessdate=8 April 2014 |page=10}} His snap shot, from 30 yards out in the pocket, went through for a goal as the siren went.
=Coaching=
In 1959 and 1960, Keyter was captain-coach of New South Wales club Griffith in the South West Football League (New South Wales), then coached in the Wimmera Football League.{{cite web| url=http://www.griffithswansarchive.com/captaincoaches/| title=Captain / Coaches| publisher=Griffith Swans| access-date=8 April 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408214245/http://www.griffithswansarchive.com/captaincoaches/| archive-date=8 April 2014| url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19620709&id=xzlVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2458,1129678|title=Strong Bendigo Team Takes Football Title|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=9 July 1962|accessdate=8 April 2014 |page=9}} He joined Latrobe Valley Football League side Moe, as coach, for the 1963 season and performed well enough on the field to gain the most votes in the 1963 Trood Award & Rodda Medal count, for which he was ineligible due to suspension.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19630903&id=d4UQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E5UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5630,230924|title=Moe Defender Wins Award|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=3 September 1963|accessdate=8 April 2014 |page=10}} After another season coaching Moe in 1964,{{cite web|url=http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?c=1-6208-81030-0-0&sID=126491| title=Club Honor Roll| publisher=Fox Sports Pulse}} Keyter was put in charge of East Hawthorn in the Metropolitan Football League in 1965{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19650422&id=un1VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wJYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1265,3676954|title=Metropolitan League Opens|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=22 April 1965|accessdate=8 April 2014 |page=15}} and they won three consecutive premierships in 1965, 1966 and 1967.{{cite web |author1=Jack Luhrs |title=Don Keyter |url=https://www.swansonscreen.com/don-keyter |publisher=Swans on Screen |date=14 January 1987}} He then went onto coach Rochester in 1968.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19680628&id=XRdVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=fJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4706,5197012|title=Weakened|newspaper=The Age|location=Melbourne|date=28 June 1968|accessdate=8 April 2014 |page=12}}
References
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External links
- {{AFL Tables|ref=D/Don_Keyter.html}}
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Category:Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Category:Rochester Football Club players
Category:Moe Football Club players
Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football