Brian Kekovich

Brian Kekovich came to Carlton on the cusp of a golden era at Princes Park. Earning his club’s goalkicking honours with 38 in his maiden season of 1967, the high-marking, long-kicking left footer would again top the tally with 59 through season ’68 – a famous year in the annals of Carlton history. In putting four over the goal umpire’s hat with those prodigious torpedo punts - four of seven in Carlton’s drought-breaking Grand Final victory over Essendon at the MCG - Brian, at 22 years, 264 days, had achieved what every Carlton-supporting kid ever dared to dream. Yet the 1968 Grand Final would cruelly signal his 34th and final senior appearance in the famous Dark Navy strip.