Tyler Keitel

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Tyler Keitel
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-02-07) 7 February 1996 (age 28)
Place of birth Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s) (Noranda JFC), East Perth
Height 196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Position(s) Key Forward
Club information
Current club West Perth
Number 37
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2015– West Perth 166 (334)
Representative team honours
Years Team Games (Goals)
2021—2022 Western Australia 2 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 6, 2024.
Career highlights

Tyler Keitel (born 7 February 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Perth Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

Early Career[edit]

Keitel started his career playing for East Perth's WAFL Colts team from 2012 to 2014. Keitel nominated for the 2014 AFL national draft but was overlooked by all 18 clubs and did not get signed. After being overlooked in the draft Keitel left East Perth and joined the West Perth Football Club.[1]

WAFL Career[edit]

Keitel joined West Perth ahead of the 2015 WAFL season and has used his utility ability to be able to swap between a dangerous tall forward and a string key defender. Though through his career Keitel has been more dangerous as a key forward for the Falcons.[2] This role has made Keitel a 3 time Bernie Naylor Medalist and a 5 time club leading goalkicker for West Perth.[3]

Statistics[edit]

Updated to the end of 2023.[4]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
H/O
Hit-outs
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
  †  
Led the league for 
the season
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2015 West Perth 37 14 6 8 102 78 180 57 27 55 0.4 0.6 7.3 5.6 12.9 4.1 1.9 3.9
2016 West Perth 37 21 2 2 253 142 395 105 58 73 0.1 0.1 12.0 6.8 18.8 5.0 2.8 3.5
2017 West Perth 37 21 46 44 227 75 302 109 54 35 2.2 2.1 10.8 3.6 14.4 3.6 5.2 1.7
2018 West Perth 37 22 50 39 236 61 297 119 41 58 2.3 1.8 10.7 2.8 13.5 5.4 1.9 2.6
2019 West Perth 37 17 25 13 214 90 304 107 64 142 1.5 0.8 12.6 5.3 17.9 6.3 3.8 8.4
2020[a] West Perth 37 10 25 12 99 32 131 41 26 31 2.5 1.2 9.9 3.2 13.1 4.1 2.6 3.1
2021 West Perth 37 19 70 34 214 57 271 107 37 39 3.6 0.6 7.6 5.3 13.0 5.0 1.9 2.1
2022# West Perth 37 19 38 37 225 118 343 114 36 61 1.5 1.3 6.5 4.4 10.9 3.4 1.8 3.2
2023 West Perth 37 18 57 32 185 66 251 99 38 19 3.2 1.8 10.3 3.7 13.9 5.5 2.1 1.0
Career 161 319 221 1570 719 2474 858 381 477 2.0 1.4 9.8 4.5 15.3 5.3 2.4 3.0

Notes

  1. ^ The 2020 season was played with 9 home-and-away matches per team (down from 18) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2014 Draft Profile: Tyler Keitel". 11 August 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Tyler Keitel ruled eligible for clearance". wetsperthfc.com.au. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. ^ "From a family of Falcons: Milestone day looms for WAFL gun Keitel". afl.com.au. 26 May 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Tyler Keitel". West Australian Football League. Retrieved 25 January 2024.