Keith Schaefer

Keith Schaefer
Personal information
Date of birth	20 December 1928
Date of death	21 August 1976 (aged 47)
Original team(s)	South Surfers
Height / weight	180 cm / 76 kg
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1947–1953	South Melbourne	102 (22)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Career highlights
Best & Fairest - 1952

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

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