Keith Bromage

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer (1937–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}

{{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Keith Bromage

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1937|11|8|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|06|26|1937|11|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Perth, Western Australia, Australia

| originalteam = Collingwood Thirds{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134208973 |title=Boy, 15, goalsneak for Collingwood. |newspaper=The News |location=Adelaide |date=21 August 1953 |accessdate=9 June 2014 |page=27 |via=National Library of Australia}}

| height = 183 cm

| weight = 74 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1961

| years1 = 1953–1956

| club1 = Collingwood

| games_goals1 = 28 (30)

| years2 = 1958–1961

| club2 = Fitzroy

| games_goals2 = 41 (48)

| games_goalstotal = 69 (78)

| careerhighlights =

}}

Keith Bromage (8 November 1937 – 26 June 2024) was an Australian rules footballer. He played with Collingwood and Fitzroy in his Victorian Football League (VFL) career.

When he debuted against Richmond in 1953 at 15 years and 287 days of age, he was thought to be the youngest debutant in the history of the game.{{cite news|last=Daffey|first=Paul|title=The Ten|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=AD2ECE41C0001DA50D0F6DE01A1EEBFA?page=1&sy=age&kw=keith+bromage&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=SAG040502AJ1871LKFD6|accessdate=25 January 2011|newspaper=The Age|date=2 May 2004}} However, in 2012 it was discovered that Claude Clough was aged 15 years and 209 days when he made his debut for {{AFL StK}} in May 1900.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/131157/default.aspx |title=Not such a baby Bomber |first=Callum |last=Twomey |date=21 March 2012 |publisher=Australian Football League |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322144214/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/131157/default.aspx |archivedate=22 March 2012 }} Bromage moved to Fitzroy in 1958, and was the VFL reserves leading goalkicker in 1959, with 66 goals.{{citation|journal=Football Record|volume=80|issue=28|page=42|title=Scoreboard|date=28 September 1991}}

From 1962 to 1965 he was captain-coach of Manuka Football Club in Canberra.{{cite news|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article104923170|title=Manuka gets leading rules player|publisher=Canberra Times|page=32|date=14 February 1962}} In 1968, while playing for Dimboola, he was the leading goal-kicker for the Wimmera Football League.

Bromage died of brain cancer on 26 June 2024, age the age of 86.[https://www.collingwoodfc.com.au/news/1585979/vale-fred-smith-and-keith-bromage Vale Fred Smith and Keith Bromage]