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Keith Rae
Keith Rae
Personal information
Full name	Keith Stanley Rae
Date of birth	30 July 1917
Place of birth	Williamstown, Victoria
Date of death	23 December 2021 (aged 104)
Place of death	Rosebud, Victoria
Original team(s)	Williamstown, Carlton Juniors
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Playing career1
Years	Club
1937–1939	Williamstown (VFA)
1939, 1943	Carlton
1946	Richmond
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1946.
Career highlights
	• Richmond Second XVIII Premiership Team 1946
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Keith Stanley Rae (30 July 1917 – 23 December 2021) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton and Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

Family edit

The son of Stanley Rae (1893-1968), and Ruby Adele Rae (1893-1983), née Pilling, Keith Stanley Rae was born at Williamstown, Victoria on 30 July 1917.^[2]

He married Joan McCarthy (1931-1984) on 14 April 1950.

Education edit

He attended Footscray Technical School and did a welding course at the Williamstown Dockyards.

Football edit

Williamstown (VFA) edit

Recruited from the Williamstown Seconds in 1937, he played three seasons for the Williamstown Football Club.

Carlton (VFL) edit

He was spotted by Carlton's recruiter Newton Chandler whilst playing for Williamstown, and was invited to try out for the Carlton team as a wingman or centre.^[3] After playing two games for Carlton in 1939, he joined the Navy.^[4]

Richmond (VFL) edit

He moved to Richmond in 1946, and played in two First XVIII games, scoring one goal, and in fourteen Second XVIII games, including the 1946 Second's Grand Final.^[5]^[6]

Military service edit

During World War Two he served in the Royal Australian Navy. In June 1942, Rae was on board when HMAS Nestor was attacked and sunk in the Mediterranean.^[7] He survived, and returned to Australia in 1943.

Cricket edit

He was also a talented junior cricketer.^[8]

Oldest living former VFL footballer edit

Following the death of Ken Feltscheer in December 2017, Rae became the oldest living former VFL footballer.^[9]^[10]

Death edit

Rae died at Rosebud, Victoria on 23 December 2021, at the age of 104.^[11]

Notes edit

^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.685.
^ Births: Rae, The Age, (Saturday, 4 August 1917), p.7.
^ "Will Rae Hold Carlton Pivot?". Sporting Globe. No. 1788. Victoria, Australia. 16 August 1939. p. 10 (Edition2 : Football Section). Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Nominal Roll.
^ "Two New Men at Richmond". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 31, 110. Victoria, Australia. 17 May 1946. p. 15. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Hogan (Melbourne), 1996, pp.312.
^ HMAS Nestor, "navy.gov.au.
^ "Sailor-Cricketer". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXIII, no. 37. New South Wales, Australia. 8 November 1941. p. 17. Retrieved 30 December 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ De Bolfo, Tony (9 July 2014). "Mac joins Newt in Ton-Up Club". carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
^ De Bolfo, Tony (29 July 2020). "103 not out – A tribute to Carlton's Keith Rae". www.carltonfc.com.au. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
^ Vale Keith Rae

References edit

World War Two Nominal Roll: Leading Seaman Keith Stanley Rae (W/1114), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
World War Service Record: Leading Seaman Keith Stanley Rae (W/1114), National Archives of Australia.
Hogan P: The Tigers Of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.