Keith Schaefer
| Keith Schaefer | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Date of birth | 20 December 1928 | ||
| Date of death | 21 August 1976 (aged 47) | ||
| Original team | South Surfers | ||
| Height/Weight | 180 cm / 76 kg | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1947-1953 | South Melbourne | 102 (22) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1953 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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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, Skilton 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
- ↑ "Keith Schaefer - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ↑ "Keith Schaefer". AFL Tables.
- ↑ "A WORLD REVIEW SPORTS DIARY.". Western Mail (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 22 July 1948. p. 17. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN 0-9580300-5-7.
- ↑ "Deniliquin job to Schaefer.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 27 November 1953. p. 16. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ "THE FOOTBALL ARGUS.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 3 June 1955. p. 12. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ↑ Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN 9781920910785.
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