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Maurice O'Keefe (born 22 January 1954) is a former
Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...
er who played with St Kilda and
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in the
Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League (AFL) as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes teams from clubs based in east ...
(VFL). O'Keefe was from Bungaree near
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and started his St Kilda career in 1977. A wingman, he had his best season in 1978 when he averaged 17 disposals from his 21 games, the third most at the club. He also kicked 29 goals that year. After not being able to meet a new requirement that St Kilda players had to be based in Melbourne, O'Keefe got a clearance to Geelong. He played for them in the opening round of the
1980 VFL season The 1980 VFL season was the 84th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 29 March until 27 September, and comprised a ...
but didn't appear again. He won a Maskell Medal in 1984 while playing for
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in the Hampden Football League.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:OKeefe, Maurice 1954 births Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) St Kilda Football Club players Geelong Football Club players Golden Point Football Club players Port Fairy Football Club players Living people 20th-century Australian sportsmen