Keith Wiegard is a former Australian rules football

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er and Olympian

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. He played with Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

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 in the Victorian Football League

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 (VFL) and represented Australia

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 in Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Water polo at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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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.

He stood out of football in 1960 to concentrate on water polo

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 and represented his country at the Rome Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

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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

Lawrence Morgan

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, 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, Leon, 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.