Ger O'Keeffe

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Gerard O'Keeffe
Ger O'Keefe. Sea Lodge Hotel. Waterville.JPG
O'Keeffe at Sea Lodge Hotel, Waterville
Personal information
Irish name Gearóid Ó Cuív
Sport Gaelic football
Position Half-back
Born (1952-05-09) 9 May 1952 (age 70)
Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Club(s)
YearsClub
1970s-1992
 Austin Stack's
Club titles
Kerry titles 5
Munster titles 1
All-Ireland Titles 1
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCountyApps (scores)
1973-1982
 Kerry 28 (0-01)
Inter-county titles
Munster titles 5
All-Irelands 3
NFL 4
All Stars 1

Ger O'Keeffe (born 9 May 1952 in Ballybunion, County Kerry) is an Irish former Gaelic footballer who played for Austin Stack's and at senior level for the Kerry county team between 1973 and 1982.

Contents

He is currently[ citation needed ] a selector with the Kerry senior football team.

Playing career

Schools

O'Keeffe was part of the St Brendan's College, Killarney side that won the Munster Colleges Corn Uí Mhuirí and Hogan Cup in 1969.[ citation needed ]

Underage

In 1970 O'Keeffe was part of the Kerry minor team that won the Munster Minor Football Championship after beating Cork in the final. Kerry later qualified for the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship, where they lost out to Galway after a replay.

Senior

O'Keeffe was Kerry captain in 1977 when Kerry lost to Dublin. [1]

He was a member of the Kerry four-in-a-row All-Ireland SFC team from 1978 to 1981.

Selector

O'Keeffe was a selector of the senior Kerry team from 2004 to 2006 and again from 2009 until the present.[ citation needed ] He was also a selector with Jack O'Connor for the Kerry U21 team in 2002 and 2008. He won an All-Ireland Under 21 medal in 1973 and won an All-Ireland Club SFC title with Austin Stacks in 1977. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Munster Senior Football Championship Winning Teams". Munster GAA. Archived from the original on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 14 September 2009.
  2. ↑ "Kerry Team profiles". Kerry GAA . Retrieved 14 September 2011.
Sporting positions
Preceded by Kerry Senior Football Captain
1977		Succeeded by
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