Keith Schaefer
| Keith Schaefer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
20 December 1928 Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Died |
21 August 1976 (aged 47) Mount Waverley, Victoria | ||
| Original team | South Surfers | ||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947–1953 | South Melbourne | 102 (22) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
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).
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]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Keith Schaefer's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Keith Schaefer at AustralianFootball.com
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- 1928 births
- 1976 deaths
- Australian rules footballers from Melbourne
- Sydney Swans players
- Bob Skilton Medal winners
- Deniliquin Football Club players
- Traralgon Football Club players
- Traralgon Football Club coaches
- Deaths from colorectal cancer in Australia
- Deaths from cancer in Victoria (state)
- Australian rules football biography, 1920s birth stubs