Pat Kerr

{{short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}}

{{Use Australian English|date=March 2018}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Pat Kerr

| fullname = Patrick Kerr

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|07|31|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Oakleigh Chargers (NAB League)

| draftpick = No. 65, 2016 national draft

| position = Key forward

| currentclub = St Kevin's

| guernsey =

| statsend = 2019

| careerhighlights =

| debutdate = Round 9, 2018

| debutteam = {{AFL Car}}

| debutopponent = {{AFL Mel}}

| debutstadium = MCG

| height = 196 cm

| weight = 97 kg

| years1 = 2018–2019

| club1 = {{AFL Car}}

| games_goals1 = 4 (2)

}}

Patrick Kerr (born 31 July 1998) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the St Kevin's Old Boys Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). He previously played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) after being drafted with the 65th pick of the 2016 national draft.{{Cite news|url=http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2016-11-25/pick-65-patrick-kerr|title=Pick 65: Patrick Kerr - carltonfc.com.au|work=carltonfc.com.au|access-date=2018-06-08}}

Kerr debuted in Carlton's 109 point loss to the Melbourne Football Club in round 9 of the 2018 season.{{Cite news|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-05-19/blue-blow-curnow-injured-as-drama-continues|title=Blue blow: Curnow injured as drama continues - AFL.com.au|work=afl.com.au|access-date=2018-06-08}} He played a total of four senior games for the club over two seasons before being delisted at the end of 2019.{{cite news |title=Experienced ruckman among five Blues axed|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/2019-08-29/experienced-ruckman-among-five-blues-axed|accessdate=29 August 2019 |work=afl.com.au |date=29 August 2019}}

Kerr is the grandson of Carlton Hall of Fame player Laurie Kerr who played 149 games for the club in the 1950s and Vivienne Kerr, Carlton's current number 1 female ticket holder.{{Cite news|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/afl/patrick-kerr-joins-carlton-follows-in-the-footsteps-of-hall-of-fame-grandfather-laurie-kerr/news-story/eea4a68de50e606dbd1806f5c31d5909?nk=0e49f575e34fe835eee351c5af2f2a62-1528419198|title=Patrick Kerr joins Carlton, follows in the footsteps of Hall of Fame grandfather Laurie Kerr|date=2016-11-30|work=Fox Sports|access-date=2018-06-08|language=en-GB}}

Kerr played the 2021 season for the Port Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League.{{Cite news|url=http://www.blueseum.org/Patrick+Kerr|title=Patrick Kerr|date=2020-11-10|work=Blues Museum}}

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