Keith Shea

Keith Shea
Personal information
Full name	Keith Sylvester Shea
Date of birth	10 August 1914
Date of death
Place of death	Albury
Original team(s)	Bacchus Marsh
Height/Weight	175 cm / 78 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1932-1937 1945 Total -	Carlton Hawthorn	91 (101) 08 00(8) 99 (109)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1945-1946	Hawthorn	39 (9-30-0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1945 season.

Keith Sylvester Shea (10 August 1914 – 27 February 1951) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the VFL during the 1930s.

Shea was a half forward and played with Carlton from 1932 to 1937. He polled well in the Brownlow Medal, the closest he came to winning was in 1934 where he fell 2 votes short with an equal 3rd placing. Shea finished 3rd again the following season and equal fourth in 1937.

He represented Victoria on 10 occasions during his time at Carlton. It was playing for Victoria in the 1937 Perth Carnival where he caught the eyes of the Subiaco Football Club recruiters who signed him up for the 1938 season. During his stint with Subiaco he played interstate football with Western Australia. He was appointed coach of South Fremantle in 1940.

Shea returned to the VFL in 1945 as captain-coach of Hawthorn, retiring as a player at the season's end but staying on as coach in 1946.

He died in February 1951 in Albury, after a short illness.

External links

• Keith Shea's statistics from AFL Tables