Dan O'Keeffe

Dan O'Keeffe
Personal information
Irish name	Dónall Ó Caoimh
Sport	Gaelic football
Position	Goalkeeper
Born	(1907-06-02)2 June 1907 Fermoy, County Cork
Died	2 June 1967(1967-06-02) (aged 60)
Nickname	Danno
Occupation	Clerical officer
Club(s)
Years	Club
1920s-1940s	Kerins O'Rahilly
Club titles
Kerry titles	2
Inter-county(ies)
Years	County	Apps (scores)
1931-1948	Kerry	66 (0-00)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles	13
All-Irelands	7
NFL	1

Daniel 'Danno' O'Keeffe (1907 – 2 June 1967) was an Irish sportsman. He played Gaelic football with Kerins O'Rahilly's and was a member of the Kerry senior inter-county team from 1931 until 1948.^[1] O'Keeffe is universally regarded as the greatest Gaelic football goalkeeper of all-time.^[2]

In a senior inter-county career that spanned two decades, O'Keeffe won every honour in the game at senior level. He became the first player to win seven All-Ireland medals, a record which wasn't exceeded until 1986. O'Keeffe's appearance in ten All-Ireland finals was also a long-held record. He won a record thirteen Munster medals,^[3] (Still holds the title) one National Football League medal and three Railway Cup medals with Munster.

O'Keeffe has also been the recipient of many awards off the field. He was posthumously named on the GAA's Football Team of the Century and the Team of the Millennium, cementing his reputation as Gaelic football's greatest-ever custodian.

Family

O'Keeffe was married to Maureen Moriarty and is survived by his 2 Children, Dónal & Maura, 8 Grand Children and 8 Great Grand Children.

References

↑ "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
↑ "The An Post-GAA Football Team of the Millennium". www.hoganstand.com. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
↑ "Munster Senior Football". Munster GAA. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Miko Doyle	Kerry Senior Football Captain 1934 - 1936	Succeeded by Miko Doyle

Kerry Football Teams

Kerry – 1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (10th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 T. Landers 8 C. Brosnan (c) 9 B. Stack 10 J. J. Landers 11 M. Doyle 12 É. Fitzgerald 13 J. Ryan 14 P. Whitty 15 M. Regan

Kerry – 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (11th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. O'Connor 3 J. Barrett (c) 4 J. Walsh 5 P. Russell 6 J. O'Sullivan 7 P. Whitty 8 B. Stack 9 J. Walsh 10 C. Geaney 11 M. Doyle 12 T. Landers 13 J. Ryan 14 C. Brosnan 15 J. J. Landers Sub used B. Landers for C. Geaney

Kerry – 1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (12th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Kinnerk 3 J. Keohane 4 B. Myers 5 T. O'Donnell 6 B. Dillon 7 T. Healy 8 J. Walsh 9 S. Brosnan 10 J. Flavin 11 C. O'Sullivan 12 T. Landers 13 J. J. Landers 14 M. Doyle (c) 15 T. O'Leary Subs used T. O'Connor for T. O'Donnell Played in drawn game G. Fitzgerald P. Kennedy S. McCarthy

Kerry – 1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (13th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 P. Kennedy 9 J. O'Gorman 10 M. Kelly 11 T. O'Connor (c) 12 J. Walsh 13 C. O'Sullivan 14 D. Spring 15 T. Landers

Kerry – 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (14th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 J. Walsh 10 J. O'Gorman 11 T. O'Connor 12 P. Kennedy 13 M. Kelly 14 D. Spring (c) 15 C. O'Sullivan Sub used P.B. Brosnan

Kerry – 1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (15th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 B. Myers 3 J. Keohane 4 T. Healy 5 B. Dillon (c) 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 S. Brosnan 9 P. Kennedy 10 J. Walsh 11 T. O'Connor 12 P.B. Brosnan 13 J. O'Gorman 14 M. Kelly 15 C. O'Sullivan Subs used T. Landers for B. Myers M. Lyne for J. Walsh

Kerry – 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Champions (16th title)

1 D. O'Keeffe 2 D. Lyne 3 J. Keohane 4 P.B. Brosnan 5 J. Lyne 6 B. Casey 7 E. Walsh 8 Teddy O'Connor 9 P. Kennedy (c) 10 J. Falvey 11 Tom 'Gega' O'Connor 12 B. Garvey 13 F. O'Keeffe 14 P. Burke 15 D. Kavanagh Played in drawn game G. Cremin W. O'Donnell Subs used in drawn game E. Dowling for P. Kennedy B. Kelleher for J. Lyne Subs used in replay G. Cremin for J. Falvey

Gaelic football – Team of the Century

All-Ireland winners

Non All-Ireland winners

Aidan Brady (Goalkeeper)

Willie Casey Eddie Boyle John McKnight (Full-backs)

Gerry O'Reilly Gerry O'Malley Seán Quinn (Half-backs)

Jim McKeever Tommy Murphy (Midfielders)

Sean O'Connell Packy McGarty Michael Kearins (Half-forwards)

Charlie Gallagher Willie McGee Dinny Allen (Full-forwards)

Gaelic football – Team of the Millennium

1 Dan O'Keeffe 2 Seán Flanagan 3 Joe Keohane 4 Enda Colleran 5 Martin O'Connell 6 John Joe O'Reilly 7 Seán Murphy 8 Mick O'Connell 9 Tommy Murphy 10 Pat Spillane 11 Seán Purcell 12 Seán O'Neill 13 Kevin Heffernan 14 Tommy Langan 15 Mikey Sheehy

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