Keith Thomas (footballer, born 1961)

Keith Thomas
Personal information
Full name	Keith A. Thomas
Date of birth	(1961-09-01) 1 September 1961
Height / weight	179 cm / 78 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1979–86, 1989–93 1987–88	Norwood Fitzroy	304 (303) 28 (15)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1992.

Keith A. Thomas (born 1 September 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Norwood in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Thomas had a long career at Norwood, beginning in 1979 and ending in 1993 after he played his 304th league game. He played in their 1982 Grand Final victory over Glenelg and also starred in their 1984 premiership team where he was awarded the Jack Oatey Medal. At the end of the 1982 season he was drafted by the Melbourne Demons but never played with that club in the VFL.

In 1985 he won Norwood's 'Best and fairest' award and was also runner up in it on three occasions. Thomas kicked over 300 goals over the course of his career in the SANFL, topping his club's goalkicking in 1986. He also represented South Australia five times during his career.

His time with Norwood was separated by a two-year stint at Fitzroy, where he made a total of 28 VFL appearances.

An interchange bench member of Norwood's official 'Team of the Century', Thomas remained involved in the club after his playing career ended and has served on their committee and as a Director. In 2008 he was inducted into the South Australian Football Hall of Fame. He is currently the CEO of the Port Adelaide Football Club.

References

Keith Thomas's statistics from AFL Tables
Keith Thomas's profile from AustralianFootball.com
DemonWiki profile

Jack Oatey Medal winners

1981: Ebert 1982: Jenkins 1983: Borchard 1984: Thomas 1985: Kernahan 1986: Hall 1987: Parsons 1988: Abernethy 1989: Johnston 1990: Fiacchi 1991: Hart 1992: Buckley 1993: Sziller 1994: Wakelin 1995: Darcy 1996: Brown 1997: Cunningham 1998: Chalmers 1999: Poole 2000: J. Gowans 2001: Macgowan 2002: Powell 2003: C. Gowans 2004: Steinberner 2005: McCabe 2006: Skipworth 2007: C. Gowans 2008: MacKenzie 2009: Goodrem 2010: Callinan 2011: Parry 2012: Terlich 2013: Zorzi 2014: Panos 2015: Schmidt 2016: Stephens

The Jack Oatey Medal has been awarded since 1981 to the "best" player in the South Australian National Football League Grand Final.

South Australian team – 1983 Interstate Championships

South Australia 26.16 (172) defeated Victoria 17.14 (116), at Football Park, 16 May 1983 Western Australia 24.14 (134) defeated South Australia 16.14 (110), at Subiaco Oval, 4 June 1983

Both games	M. Aish Bradley Ebert (c) Giles Kernahan Lindner McAdam McIntosh Motley Riley Schimmelbusch Schneebichler Thomas Williams

State of Origin vs. Victoria	Copping Craig Naley Phillips Platten Rendell Whittlesea

State Game vs. Western Australia	A. Aish Curtis Davies Jenkins McGuinness Spiel

Coach: Hammond

South Australian team – 1986 State of Origin

Aish (c) Anderson Bolton Bradley Campbell Craig Dietrich Fielke Kernahan Lindsay McDermott McGuinness Naley Parker Phillips Platten Redden Salisbury Thomas C. Williams M. Williams

Coach: Cornes

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