1996 (Brisbane Bears)

1997-2006 (Brisbane Lions)

 

139

 

83

 

Lions Premiership Player - 2001-03

Clark Keating…  they called him ‘Mr September’ for a very good reason… He was. At his best when it mattered most. Charging in at the centre bounce and thumping the ball forward, he was a veritable weapon and a key figure in the Brisbane Lions triple premiership sides of 2001-02-03.

 

A one-time State basketball junior and schoolboy rugby union player from the Gold Coast, he was signed by the Brisbane Bears at 15 in 1991 but didn’t play in the AFL until 1996. And after a starring role in the 1999 finals, just as he was ready to go, he missed the entire 2000 season through injury.

 

But it was as if he was just getting ready for his calling… finals football. And although he played only 55 of a possible 101 games in the four grand final seasons of 2001-02-03-04 the man they call ‘Crackers’ was a grand final star every time… only Voss, Black, Lappin and Michael polled better in the big ones. And his 2002 performance in the wet against Collingwood was one of the all-time best.