Keith Alan Hough (17 March 1908 – 13 July 1958) was an

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er who played 120 games for Claremont in the

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(WANFL) during the late 1920s and 1930s. He missed the 1931 season because

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signed him, but the WANFL consistently refused to clear him. A half back flanker from Bunbury, Hough made his league debut in the 1928 season with Claremont, who at the time were called Claremont-Cottesloe. He won the first of his two

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awards that year and took out the other in the 1932 WANFL season, the same season he became Claremont's first

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list with what was then a record number of votes. Hough had come close to winning the Sandover two years earlier when he finished second to Ted Flemming.Casey, Kevin (1995); ''The Tigers' Tale: the origins and history of the Claremont Football Club''; Claremont Football Club; p. 26.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hough, Keith 1908 births 1958 deaths Australian rules footballers from Western Australia Claremont Football Club players Sandover Medal winners people from Bunbury, Western Australia Carey Park Football Club players