Kevin O'Keeffe (footballer)

Kevin O'Keeffe
Kevin O'Keeffe
Personal information
Full name	Kevin Michael O'Keeffe
Date of birth	22 October 1952 (age 69)
Original team(s)	Terang
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	83 kg (183 lb)
Position(s)	Half Back
Playing career1
Years	Club
1973–1979, 1982	Fitzroy
1980-1981	East Perth
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1982.
Career highlights
	QAFL Hall of fame; Coorparoo premiership player (1984, 1986);
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Kevin O'Keeffe (born 22 October 1952) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the VFL during the 1970s.

O'Keeffe, a half back, represented Victoria in an interstate match against Western Australia at the 1975 Knockout Carnival. In the same year, while playing for Fitzroy, he accidentally collided with Footscray's Neil Sachse, leaving Sachse a quadriplegic.^[1]

In 1980 he transferred to East Perth where he played for two seasons before making an unsuccessful comeback with Fitzroy. His next port of call was Queensland club Coorparoo and he played in their 1984 and 1986 premiership sides. The red haired O'Keeffe later served briefly as coach of Coorparoo and while in Queensland represented the state on 16 occasions, captaining them in 1986.

References[]

^ Robinson, Mark (11 May 2012). "A split second can change a life". Herald Sun.

External links[]

Kevin O'Keeffe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Kevin O'Keeffe at AustralianFootball.com
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.

[1] Robinson, Mark (11 May 2012). "A split second can change a life". Herald Sun.

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