Aaron Keating is a former Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

er who played in the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

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After a run of injury and the suspension of David Pittman

David Pittman

David Pittman is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Pittman debuted with the Adelaide Football Club in 1992, playing as a ruckman. He is sometimes remembered for an incident early in the 1997 season where coach Malcolm Blight labelled his effort "Pathetic" in...

 before the 1997 Preliminary Final, Adelaide Crows coach Malcolm Blight

Malcolm Blight

Malcolm Jack Blight AM is a former champion Australian rules football player and coach, and current television commentator. During the 1970s and 1980s Blight played for the Woodville Football Club in the South Australian National Football League and the North Melbourne Football Club in the...

 called up Keating from the Norwood

Norwood Football Club

Norwood Football Club, nicknamed, Redlegs, is an Australian rules football club belonging to the South Australian National Football League in the state of South Australia...

 reserves side. Keating went on and played in a Premiership for Adelaide

1997 AFL Grand Final

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 in just his third AFL match. A week later, he played in a Premiership for his SANFL

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 club Norwood.

Keating's brother Clark

Clark Keating

Clark Anthony Keating was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Known as "Crackers" , Keating was picked up by the Brisbane Bears as a local...

 is a former AFL player with the Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

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