Bob Keyes

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Full Name
Robert John Keyes
Born
Sunday, 19th November, 1939
Died
Thursday, 8th September, 2022 (Aged 82 years and 293 days)

Biography

Easts' junior signed with Newtown in 1961. Keyes started his career on the wing but formed a fine centre partnership with Brian Moore during the 1960s. He played in the centres for NSW in 1964 and was a reserve in the 1966 interstate series. Later captaining the Bluebags, Keys took the club to a win in the reserve grade premiership in 1970 before playing the final years of his career as captain-coach of Ryde-Eastwood.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 166 37 -   1 113 65 95 6 39.16% List
NRL Finals 3 - -   - - 0 3 0 0.00% List
Craven Mild Cup 35 8 -   - 24 15 18 2 42.86% List
City vs Country Firsts 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney Firsts 1964 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1964 3 - -   - - 3 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1964, 1966 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1967 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Overall1964-1967 7 0 0   0 - 6 1 0 85.71% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1960 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Eastern Suburbs NSWRFL 1961 2 - -   - - 0 2 0 0.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1962 20 2 -   - 6 13 7 0 65.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1963 14 4 -   - 12 7 7 0 50.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1964 17 7 -   - 21 9 8 0 52.94% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1965 17 4 -   - 12 7 7 3 41.18% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1966 20 5 -   - 15 11 9 0 55.00% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1967 21 6 -   - 18 7 13 1 33.33% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1968 19 1 -   - 3 2 16 1 10.53% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1969 21 6 -   - 18 5 15 1 23.81% List
Newtown NSWRFL 1970 13 2 -   1 8 4 9 0 30.77% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Eastern Suburbs 1960-61 4 - -   - - 0 4 0 0.00% List
Newtown 1962-70 162 37 -   1 113 65 91 6 40.12% List
Overall1960-1970 166 37 0   1 113 65 95 6 39.16% List

Your Say

  • E Curb Nottus
    03/05/2012

    An underrated player in his time, continually overlooked for higher honours. But he produced consistent, effective performances in the centre for Newtown right through the 1960s.

  • william rodgers
    30/06/2015

    Avery professional first grade centre who gave great service to the Newtown Club.

  • g
    01/10/2015

    . Week in week out he gave his all to the Blues. Deserved higher honours

  • Stan The Man
    02/11/2015

    One of the best centres among a lot good centres around that time deserved better representative honours.

  • William Rodgers
    04/05/2020

    Bob was part of the famous Moore & Keyes centre partnership.

  • Anonymous
    04/02/2023

    Born December 18, 1942. Not November 19, 1939.

  • Anonymous
    24/03/2023

    Wrong birth date.

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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Max Turner