Keith Wiegard (7 January 1938 – 17 December 1992) was an

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er and Olympian. He played with

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in the

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(VFL) and represented

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. Wiegard made his VFL debut as a 19-year-old in the final round of the 1957 season. The following year he played in all 18 home and away games as well as Fitzroy's Semi Final loss to North Melbourne. In June 1959 he was a passenger in car that crashed, killing a female passenger. He injured his left knee in the crash and was unable to play football. In 1960 he concentrated on

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and represented his country at the

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. He scored all three of Australia's goals against the Netherlands and also appeared against Yugoslovia, but they lost both encounters and didn't advance past the group stages. Another former Fitzroy player, Lawrence Morgan, won two gold medals at the same Olympics. After returning to Fitzroy in 1961, Wiegard could only add three more games to his tally and retired from the VFL. He was however later the club's president from 1981 to 1984. Wiegard's brother,

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, was also a water polo player and dual Olympian for Australia, at the 1964 and 1972 games. Like his sibling he also served as president of the Fitzroy Football Club.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wiegard, Keith 1938 births Fitzroy Football Club players Olympic water polo players for Australia Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Melbourne 1992 deaths Australian male water polo players Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Fitzroy Football Club administrators People from Kew, Victoria Sportsmen from Victoria (state)