Ken McKaige (17 August 1929 – 26 September 2009) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played with

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

and

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). He was delisted by the Blues and crossed to Camberwell in the VFA for the 1955 season, where he played only another handful of matches before hanging up his boots for good. Two of McKaige's sons also played for Melbourne Football Club as juniors. His other sons were both signed to the club at young ages to ensure they were not residentially tied to another club. Cameron was only 5 years old at the time.

Andrew McKaige Andrew McKaige (born 1959) is an Australian actor, most prominent in television soap opera. As well as acting, McKaige is also a voice-artist and singer-songwriter, having played with the country rock band, The Fine Line. In 1994, he won secon ...

went on to be an Australian television actor.

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at Blueseum 1929 births Carlton Football Club players Melbourne Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Old Melburnians Football Club players Camberwell Football Club players 2009 deaths {{AFL-bio-1920s-stub