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Keith Schaefer

Keith Schaefer

Australian rules footballer

Keith Schaefer (20 December 1928 – 21 August 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Schaefer played 102 games for South Melbourne, between 1947 and 1953.[2] A centreman, Schaefer was a Victorian interstate representative in 1948, at the age of just 19.[3] He won South Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1952.[4]

At the end of the 1953 VFL season, Scheafer left South Melbourne to be playing coach of Deniliquin.[5]

In 1955, Schaefer was captain-coach of Traralgon.[6]

He died in 1976 after losing his battle with bowel cancer.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "Keith Schaefer – Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Keith Schaefer". AFL Tables.
  3. [3]
    "A WORLD REVIEW SPORTS DIARY". Western Mail. Perth. 22 July 1948. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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    Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
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    "Deniliquin job to Schaefer". The Argus. Melbourne. 27 November 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 6 April 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
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    "THE FOOTBALL ARGUS". The Argus. Melbourne. 3 June 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 6 April 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. [7]
    Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.


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