- Dan O'Keeffe
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Dan O'Keeffe Personal information Irish name Dónall Ó Caoimh Sport Gaelic football Position Goalkeeper Born 2 June 1907
Fermoy, County CorkDied 2 June 1967 (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 Gaelic Athletic Association's Team of the Century and the Team of the Millennium, cementing is reputation as Gaelic football's greatest-ever custodian.
Family
Was married to Maureen Moriarty and is survived be his 2 Children, Dónal & Maura, 8 Grand Children, Mary, Helen, Dónal Jr, Padraig, Alida, Danielle, Gráinne & Barbara, and 5 Great Grand Children, Brian, Alanah, Robin, Ciarán, Ogie, & Bronwyn.
See also
References
- ^ "Kerry GAA profile". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Kerry/Profile.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "The An Post-GAA Football Team of the Millennium". www.hoganstand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/general/champs/millennium.aspx. Retrieved 2010-06-11.
- ^ "Munster Senior Football". Munster GAA. http://munster.gaa.ie/history/sf_teams/. Retrieved 2010-06-14.
Kerry Football Teams Kerry - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1931 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1932 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1937 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1939 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1940 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1941 (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 - All-Ireland Senior Football Champions 1946 (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. Cremins | W. O'Donnell |
Subs used in drawn game: E. Dowling for P. Kennedy | B. Kelleher for J. Lyne |
Subs used in replay: G. Cremins for J. Falvey |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
Categories:- 1907 births
- 1967 deaths
- Kerins O'Rahilly's footballers
- Kerry Gaelic footballers
- Munster Gaelic footballers
- Gaelic football goalkeepers
- Winners of seven All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)
- People from County Cork
- Munster Gaelic football biography stubs
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