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)

Honours & Awards

Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.

Interstate Series
1964

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

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

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 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

NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - 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, Max Turner, Shawn Dollin, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter