Keith Schaefer

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).

Keith Schaefer
Personal information
Date of birth	(1928-12-20)20 December 1928
Place of birth	Melbourne, Victoria
Date of death	21 August 1976(1976-08-21) (aged 47)
Place of death	Mount Waverley, Victoria
Original team(s)	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
Best & Fairest – 1952
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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, Scheafer 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]