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==Career== O'Keeffe was born in [[Fermoy]], [[County Cork]], but the family moved to [[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]] when he was nine-years-old.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://traleetoday.ie/tralee-estate-green-area-to-be-dedicated-to-kerry-gaa-legend/|title=Tralee estate green area to be dedicated to Kerry GAA legend|publisher=Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA site|access-date=29 May 2021|date=|first=|last=}}</ref> His first competitive football was played with a junior team, [[The Rangers GAA|the Rangers]], but when he advanced to senior grade he joined [[Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA|Kerins O'Rahilly's]] and with them won two [[Kerry Senior Football Championship|County Championship]] titles.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kerinsorahillys.com/team/dan-okeeffe/|title=Dan O'Keeffe|publisher=Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA site|access-date=29 May 2021|date=|first=|last=}}</ref> O'Keeffe made his first inter-county appearance on the Kerry junior team that won the [[All-Ireland Junior Football Championship|All-Ireland Junior Championship]] in 1930. A year later he was the substitute goalkeeper on the Kerry senior team to meet [[Kildare GAA|Kildare]] in the [[1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final|All-Ireland final]], however, a few hours before the game he was informed that he would be playing and collected his first [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|winners' medal]].<ref name="Clerkin">{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/stephen-cluxton-a-constant-in-the-dublin-revolution-1.3176919|title=Stephen Cluxton a constant in the Dublin revolution|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=29 May 2021|date=6 August 2017|first=Malachy|last=Clerkin}}</ref> O'Keeffe was first-choice goalkeeper for seventeen years in total and claimed a then record of seven All-Ireland Championship titles. His other honours include a record 14 [[Munster Senior Football Championship|Munster Championship]] medals and two [[National Football League (Ireland)|National League]] titles. O'Keeffe was also a regular on the [[Munster GAA|Munster]] team and won three [[Railway Cup]] medals, including one as captain of the team. Playing until he was 41 years old, he was posthumously named on the Football Team of the Century and the Football Team of the Millennium.<ref name="Clerkin"/>
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