At club level he played with Thurles Sarsfields and was also a member of the Tipperary senior hurling team.
Keane first played hurling at juvenile and underage levels with Thurles Sarsfields.
[1] Between 1952 and 1963 Keane won nine Tipperary SHC titles, including one as team captain in 1957.
[4] Keane won a second league title two years later before adding a Munster SHC medal to his collection in 1958.
He had played hurling and Gaelic football for Tipperary and was also included on Munster's Railway Cup team.