Keith Rosewarne

Australian rules footballer, born 1924

Australian rules footballer

Keith Rosewarne

Personal information
Full name	Keith John Rosewarne
Date of birth	(1924-07-18)18 July 1924
Place of birth	Windsor, Victoria
Date of death	23 May 2008(2008-05-23) (aged 83)
Place of death	Dandenong North, Victoria
Original team(s)	St Kilda Thirds
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1946–1951	St Kilda	92 (151)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1951.
Career highlights
St Kilda Best and Fairest 1946 Victorian state representative 1947
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Keith John Rosewarne (18 July 1924 – 23 May 2008) was an Australian rules footballer in the VFL.

Family

The son of Raymond Edgar Rosewarne (1898–1984), and Ruby Beatrice Pearl Rosewarne (1900–1930), née Buckland,^[1]^[2] Keith John Rosewarne was born at Windsor, Victoria on 18 July 1924.^[3]

He married Mary Lorna Casey on 19 March 1949.^[4]

Education

He was educated at Elwood Central School; and while there, was selected to represent Victoria in the 1938 Australian (Under 15) Schoolboys' Football Carnival, along with a number of other future VFL footballers, including Les Foote and Len McCankie.^[5]^[6]

Football

St Kilda (VFL)

A local recruit, having played with the St Kilda Thirds before his military service, Rosewarne made his senior debut in 1946, winning the best and fairest award in his first season.^[7] He played as a rover and was a regular goalscorer, often kicking multiple goals in a match.^[8]

In 92 games with the club, he scored 150 goals for an otherwise unsuccessful team.

Victoria (VFL)

Rosewarne represented Victoria at the 1947 Hobart Carnival versus South Australia,^[9] and Queensland.^[10]

Ballarat North

His retirement from the VFL came in 1951 at the age of 27, and in early 1952 he was cleared to Ballarat North club.^[11]

Military service

Rosewarne served during World War II in the Australian Army.^[12]

Notes

^ Marriages: Rosewarne—Buckland, The Argus, (Saturday, 2 December 1922), p.17.
^ Deaths: Rosewarne, The Age, (Friday, 5 December 1930), p.1.
^ Births: Rosewarne, The Argus, (Saturday, 26 July 1924), p.17.
^ Saturday Brides and Bridegrooms, The Argus, (Monday, 21 March 1949), p.10.
^ 'Mentor', "125 Boy Footballers for Carnival Here", The Herald (Saturday, 3 September 1938), pg. 16
^ Andrew, Bruce "Rosewarne Waited on St. Kilda's Doorstep!", The Sporting Globe (Saturday, 29 JUne 1946), pg. 5
^ "Rosewarne Wins Trophy At St Kilda". The Argus. No. 31, 235. Melbourne. 9 October 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ australianfootball.com.
^ "Victoria Wear Carnival Laurels". The Voice. Vol. 20, no. 32. Tasmania, Australia. 9 August 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL IN MUD AT HOBART". The Advertiser. Vol. 90, no. 27715. Adelaide. 5 August 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Rosewarne cleared by Saints". The Argus. No. 32, 927. Melbourne. 15 March 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 28 February 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Nominal Roll.

References

Profile at Saints.com.au^{[permanent dead link]}
Saints of 1946 article at Saints.com.au
Keith Rosewarne's obituary
St. Kilda at Practice, The Herald, (Wednesday, 1 October 1947), p.18.
World War Two Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal Keith John Rosewarne (VX145595), Department of Veterans' Affairs.
B883, VX145595: World War Two Service Record: PLance Corporal Keith John Rosewarne (VX145595), National Archives of Australia.