Jack O'Keefe

Jack O'Keefe
Personal information
Date of birth	29 September 1915
Date of death	8 March 2000(2000-03-08) (aged 84)
Original team(s)	Thornbury / Northcote (VFA)
Height/Weight	193 cm / 87 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1939–1942 1943–1945 1947 Total -	Melbourne Hawthorn South Melbourne	46 (27) 33 (23) 03 0(6) 82 (56)
¹ Playing statistics correct to the end of 1947 season.

Jack O'Keefe (29 September 1915 – 8 March 2000)^[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne, Hawthorn and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). O'Keefe was a reserve in Melbourne's 1939 Grand Final win in his first season. He was a premiership player again in his next two seasons before moving to Hawthorn in 1943. After 33 games with the Hawks he finished his career with a season at South Melbourne.

References

↑ "Jack O'Keefe - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 27 December 2014.

External links

Jack O'Keefe's statistics from AFL Tables

Melbourne Football Club 1939/40/41 VFL premiers

1939: Melbourne 21.22 (148) defeated Collingwood 14.11 (95), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1940: Melbourne 15.17 (107) defeated Richmond 10.8 (68), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground 1941: Melbourne 19.13 (127) defeated Essendon 13.20 (98), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

4. Smith 9. Emselle 12. Mueller 15. Baggott 17. La Fontaine (c) 23. Wartman 24. Beames 29. O'Keefe 36. Anderson

Coach: Hughes

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