Overton Keightley
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Full name | Overton Benjamin Keightley | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Inverell, New South Wales, Australia | 19 May 1913|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 October 1983 Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia | (aged 70)|||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Overton Benjamin Keightley (19 May 1913 – 25 October 1983) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s.
Known as 'Obe' or 'Ossie', Overton Keightly came from Inverell, New South Wales and was graded with the St. George club in 1940. Keightley played Third Grade, Reserve Grade and 3 first grade games before joining the Australian Army at the end of the 1941 NSWRFL season.
'Obe' Keightley was a member of the St. George Reserve Grade Premiership winning team of 1940.[2][3] [4]
Death[]
Keightly died on 25 October 1983 in Potts Point, New South Wales.[5]
References[]
- ^ "Obe Keightley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ THE SUN (Sydney) "St. George League Victories" https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230912168?searchTerm=%22keightley%22%20%22st.george%22&searchLimits=l-state=New+South+Wales%7C%7C%7Cl-decade=194
- ^ WW2 Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=A&veteranId=174325
- ^ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, 1995. ISBN 1875169571
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald (Death Notice) 26/10/83
Categories:
- St. George Dragons players
- Australian rugby league players
- Rugby league centres
- Australian Army personnel of World War II
- 1913 births
- 1983 deaths
- Australian Army soldiers
- Australian rugby league biography, 1910s birth stubs