| Keith Schaefer | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born | (1928-12-20)20 December 1928 Melbourne, Victoria | ||
| Died | 21 August 1976(1976-08-21) (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) | |
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 anAustralian rules footballer who played withSouth Melbourne in theVictorian 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'sbest and fairest award in 1952.[4]
At the end of the1953 VFL season, Scheafer left South Melbourne to be playing coach ofDeniliquin.[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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