Keith Rosewarne

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| fullname = Keith John Rosewarne

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|7|18|df=y}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|5|23|1924|7|18|df=y}}

| death_place = Dandenong North, Victoria

| originalteam = St Kilda Thirds

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| statsend = 1951

| years1 = 1946–1951

| club1 = St Kilda

| games_goals1 = 92 (151)

| careerhighlights = *St Kilda Best and Fairest 1946

Victorian state representative 1947

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Keith John Rosewarne (18 July 1924 – 23 May 2008) was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL.

Family

The son of Raymond Edgar Rosewarne (1898–1984), and Ruby Beatrice Pearl Rosewarne (1900–1930), née Buckland,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1859423 Marriages: Rosewarne—Buckland, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 December 1922), p.17.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203278799 Deaths: Rosewarne, The Age, (Friday, 5 December 1930), p.1.] Keith John Rosewarne was born at Windsor, Victoria on 18 July 1924.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4243289 Births: Rosewarne, The Argus, (Saturday, 26 July 1924), p.17.]

He married Mary Lorna Casey on 19 March 1949.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22717764 Saturday Brides and Bridegrooms, The Argus, (Monday, 21 March 1949), p.10.]

Education

He was educated at Elwood Central School; and while there, was selected to represent Victoria in the 1938 Australian (Under 15) Schoolboys' Football Carnival, along with a number of other future VFL footballers, including Les Foote and Len McCankie.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243397240 'Mentor', "125 Boy Footballers for Carnival Here"], The Herald (Saturday, 3 September 1938), pg. 16Andrew, Bruce

[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article178116272 "Rosewarne Waited on St. Kilda's Doorstep!"], The Sporting Globe (Saturday, 29 JUne 1946), pg. 5

Football

=St Kilda (VFL)=

A local recruit, having played with the St Kilda Thirds before his military service, Rosewarne made his senior debut in 1946, winning the best and fairest award in his first season.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22387675 |title=Rosewarne Wins Trophy At St Kilda |newspaper=The Argus |issue=31,235 |location=Melbourne|date=9 October 1946 |accessdate=28 February 2018 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}} He played as a rover and was a regular goalscorer, often kicking multiple goals in a match.australianfootball.com.

In 92 games with the club, he scored 150 goals for an otherwise unsuccessful team.

=Victoria (VFL)=

Rosewarne represented Victoria at the 1947 Hobart Carnival versus South Australia,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220421198 |title=Victoria Wear Carnival Laurels |newspaper=The Voice |volume=20 |issue=32 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=9 August 1947 |accessdate=28 February 2018 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} and Queensland.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35991453 |title=FOOTBALL IN MUD AT HOBART |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=90 |issue=27715 |location=Adelaide |date=5 August 1947 |accessdate=28 February 2018 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}

=Ballarat North=

His retirement from the VFL came in 1951 at the age of 27, and in early 1952 he was cleared to Ballarat North club.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23168756 |title=Rosewarne cleared by Saints |newspaper=The Argus |issue=32,927 |location=Melbourne|date=15 March 1952 |accessdate=28 February 2018 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}

Military service

Rosewarne served during World War II in the Australian Army.Nominal Roll.

Notes

References

[http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=halloffameprofile&spg=display_gen&personid=190547 Profile at Saints.com.au]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20040620105611/http://saints.com.au/default.asp?pg=history Saints of 1946 article at Saints.com.au]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706111801/http://www.saints.com.au/tabid/5315/default.aspx?newsid=60669 Keith Rosewarne's obituary]
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243563976 St. Kilda at Practice, The Herald, (Wednesday, 1 October 1947), p.18.]
[https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=547539&c=WW2#R World War Two Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal Keith John Rosewarne (VX145595), Department of Veterans' Affairs.]
B883, VX145595: World War Two Service Record: PLance Corporal Keith John Rosewarne (VX145595), National Archives of Australia.