David O'Keeffe (footballer)

David O'Keeffe
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Full name	David O'Keeffe
Date of birth	20 February 1962
Original team	Newcomb[1]
Height/Weight	189 cm / 89 kg
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1982–1986 1987–1991 Total -	Geelong Brisbane Bears	50 (22) 68 (25) 118 (47)
1 Playing statistics to end of 1991 season .

David O'Keeffe (born 20 February 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong and the Brisbane Bears in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).

Recruited locally, O'Keeffe was a member of the Geelong reserves premiership in 1982. A wingman, he had his best season in 1984 when he made 19 appearances, took 70 marks and averaged 14 disposals.^[2]

O'Keeffe played in Brisbane's first ever VFL game in the opening round of the 1987 season and a total of 16 games that year.^[2] He continued to be a regular fixture in the team and missed just two games in 1989.^[2] In their upset win over Hawthorn that season, O'Keeffe played as a full-back and kept Jason Dunstall to three goals.^[3]

In 1991, O'Keeffe's final season, he played just four AFL games but finished his career on a high by participating in the reserves grand final win over Melbourne.

References

1. ^ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} AFL Tables: David O'Keeffe
3. ^ The Age, "Brisbane achieves the unthinkable", 21 August 1989, p. 35

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Name	Okeeffe, David
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