Trevor Keogh
Career: 1970-1981
Debut: Round 4, 1970 vs North Melbourne
819th Carlton Player
Games: 208
Goals: 191
Last game: Round 15, 1981 v St Kilda
Guernsey No. 8
Height 175cm
Weight 71kg
DOB: 26/7/1949
Premiership Player: 1972, 1979
Best and Fairest: 1976, 1978
Victorian Representative: 1976, 1978
Team of the Century
Trevor John Michael Keogh was originally from the Mallee town of Wommerlang. Later the Keogh clan, including his five brothers, moved to Bendigo, it was from here that he was recruited by the Blues from Sandhurst in the strong Bendigo League, where he played 58 games and in 1968 won the club’s best and fairest. Keogh’s senior coach at Sandhurst was Nildo Munari, a cousin of Carlton rover Dennis Munari. The irony here, is that when Munari left the Blues to play in Tasmania, Keogh took over his number eight guernsey.
Keogh played his first senior game in 1970 wearing the guernsey number 45 and later cemented his position in the senior team in 1972 as a fast evasive onballer who was able to find space. A clever player, Keogh was not a penetrating kick, but rarely wasted a possession able to pin point players and put the the team to a better advantage with smart disposal.
Keogh was a fine big game player. He was instrumental in kick-starting the Blues in the 1972 Grand Final kicking the first goal and booting 3 on the day whilst providing drive out of the middle.
Generally a fair player, Keogh was only reported once in the 1979 Grand Final for hitting Russell Ohlsen. Many astute judges agree that this was the turning point in the game as the pies were 28 points up at the time and Ohlsen was BOG.
Keogh scored nearly a goal a game and was more than handy up forward. He is without doubt one of the most underated players to wear the navy blue. He played at a time of great success yet with all the stars at Princes Park still managed two best and fairests.
Jim Plunkett
Career: 2001-2003
Debut: Round 5, 2001 vs St Kilda
1044th Carlton Player
Games: 37 (Carlton)
Goals: 14
Last Game: Round 21, 2003 vs Hawthorn
Guernsey No. 40
Height: 179cm
Weight: 79kg
DOB: 26 July, 1978
Jimmy Plunkett was a small right-footed inside midfielder with the ability to find the ball. Wearing the #40, Plunkett would come to Carlton through the Rookie Draft, after being delisted by the Bulldogs after 10 games through 1999 and 2000.
Plunkett, a red-head, would play 15 games in 2001 including a magnificent 34 possession game against the Crows in the finals. With 22 kicks and 12 handballs, Plunkett – or simply “Jimmy” or “JP” as he was known, was dynamic as the Blues crunched the Crows with Whitnall and Lappin also starring. Although we lost to the Tigers in the following week, Plunkett’s performance was eye-catching and we thought we had stolen a centreman through the Rookie List.
Plunkett played 18 games in 2002, with a number of high possession games (up to 24 on 3 occasions), although he had a few low ones also.
Plunkett did not have the size or pace of your standard AFL player, he earned the ball through burrowing in and out of packs. Good with his hands, Plunkett also had a limited kicking distance.
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