Keith Ellis (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Keith Gregory Ellis | |||||
| Born | 1905 Marrickville, New South Wales | |||||
| Died | 4 June 1972 Marrickville, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1925-28, 1932–35 | Newtown Jets | 75 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1926 | New South Wales | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Keith Gregory Ellis (1905-1972) was an Australian rugby league player of the 1920s and 1930s
Keith Ellis was born at Marrickville, New South Wales to parents Charles and Catherine Ellis. A Newtown junior, he was chosen to play reserve grade in 1924 and went on to play eight seasons in first grade for the Newtown Jets between 1925-1928 and 1932-1935. He is mostly remembered as the club captain the Newtown club when it won the 1933 Grand Final over St George Dragons 18-5.[1]
His only representative appearance was for New South Wales in 1926, playing in 5 matches. He was a long term committeeman at Newtown and also successfully coached the Newtown reserve grade team to premierships in 1947 and 1948.[2] He was the brother of fellow Newtown players Tom Ellis and Allan Ellis.
A Newtown legend, Keith Ellis died on 4 June 1972, aged 67.[3]