Frank Keppel

Frank Keppel
Personal information
Full name	Frank Keppel
Date of birth	8 December 1899
Date of death	4 February 1975 (aged 75)
Original team(s)	Cobden
Height / weight	182 cm / 73 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1927–1930	Geelong	40 (3)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1930.

Frank Keppel (8 December 1899 – 4 February 1975)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[2]

Keppel spent much of the 1920s playing with the Thornton Football Club, but was with Cobden when he was invited by the Geelong committee to train with the VFL club.^[3]

Already 27 years of age, Keppel had a brief stint in the Geelong seconds before appearing with the seniors for the final eight games of the 1927 season.^[4]

He played 12 matches in each of the next two seasons and was a wingman in the Geelong team which lost the 1930 VFL Grand Final, his last game.^[4]

References

1. "Frank Keppel - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-920910-78-5.
3. Alexandra and Yea Standard, 2 September 1927, p. 2
4. AFL Tables: Frank Keppel