John O'Keefe

Career: 1959 - 1960
Debut: Round 13, 1959 vs Footscray, aged 22 years, 250 days
Carlton Player No. 727
Games: 10
Goals: 3
Last Game: Round 13, 1960 vs Fitzroy, aged 23 years, 249 days
Guernsey No. 39 (1959 - 1960).
Height: 180cm (5'10")
Weight: 73 kg (11;5")
DOB: November 17, 1936

Wearing guernsey #39, O'Keefe played 10 games and kicked 3 goals for the Blues after debuting in Season 1959. He was recruited from Mildura Imperials.

In 1961 John O'Keefe transferred to Preston where he played just six games in his first season. Preston were very much at a rebuilding stage, and remarkably, O'Keefe was made captain in 1962 with first-year player Peter Hayes, who managed two games in three years at Collingwood as vice-captian. O'Keefe retired the following year.

Photo:

The Age, March 01 1960, back page.

Links

Blueseum: Summary of playing statistics for John O'Keefe

Gallery

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  John O'Keefe 1960 From The Age, March 1st, 1960
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  1960 Rnd 10 v Footscray 1960 Rnd 10 v Footscray