Rod Keogh

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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

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

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Rod Keogh

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|3|25|df=yes}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = Castlemaine (Bendigo FL)

| draftpick = No. 27, 1988 national draft

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 83 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1998

| years1 = 1989–1993

| club1 = Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 22 {{0}}(8)

| years2 = 1994–1998

| club2 = St Kilda

| games_goals2 = 60 (21)

| games_goalstotal = 82 (29)

| careerhighlights = *Harold Ball Memorial Trophy: 1990

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Rod Keogh (born 25 March 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Keogh usually played in the midfield or at half forward and was recruited to Melbourne from Castlemaine.{{cite news|last=Noakes|first=Cameron|title=Diggings show goldfields club has older roots|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=624A17EF12FC01C10E05A9BA8558A49C?page=1&sy=age&kw=Rod+Keogh&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=SAG0506051I6T113A2PU|accessdate=19 December 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=5 June 2005}} He made his league debut in 1990 but spent most of the season with the reserves where he won a Gardiner Medal. In 1993 he won another Gardiner Medal{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Len|title=Blues keen on lights training session|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac?page=1&sy=age&kw=Rod+and+Keogh+and+Gardiner+and+Medal&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=news930830_0266_1932|accessdate=19 December 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=30 August 1993}} after failing to play a senior game that year. He moved to St Kilda in 1994{{cite news|last=Hinds|first=Richard|title=The players in waiting|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=624A17EF12FC01C10E05A9BA8558A49C?page=1&sy=age&kw=Rod+Keogh&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=news940227_0102_8114|accessdate=19 December 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=27 February 1994}} and was a member of their 1997 grand final losing side. Keogh was delisted at the end of the 1998 season.{{cite news|last=Niall|first=Jake|last2=Rielly|first2=Stephen|title=Unhappy Rock parts with North|url=http://newsstore.fairfax.com.au/apps/viewDocument.ac;jsessionid=624A17EF12FC01C10E05A9BA8558A49C?page=1&sy=age&kw=Rod+Keogh&pb=all_ffx&dt=selectRange&dr=entire&so=relevance&sf=text&sf=headline&rc=10&rm=200&sp=0&clsPage=1&docID=news981024_0275_1020|accessdate=19 December 2010|newspaper=The Age|date=24 October 1998}}