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==Later life and legacy== [[File:Tim Keefe plaque.jpg|thumb|upright|right|110px|Plaque of Tim Keefe at the [[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum|Baseball Hall of Fame]]]] Late in his playing career, Keefe began to coach college baseball and he continued in this capacity after his retirement as a player. Beginning in the spring of 1893, Keefe began to work as a pitching coach for Harvard.<ref name=Nine>{{cite news|title=Harvard's Baseball Nine|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/05/15/106864920.pdf|access-date=September 6, 2013|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 15, 1893}}</ref> Keefe also worked as an [[Umpire (baseball)|umpire]] for a total of 243 major league games; his most active year was 1895, when he umpired 129 games. He was also involved in real estate. He died in his hometown of [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]], at the age of 76. Keefe was inducted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1964 after being elected by the [[Veterans Committee]]. Six players were inducted that year, and Keefe was one of five who had been voted in by the Veterans Committee.<ref name=Grimes>{{cite news|title=Grimes and 6 Others Join Baseball's "Hall"|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=aF4bAAAAIBAJ&pg=4299,2852306&dq=tim+keefe+baseball&hl=en|access-date=September 6, 2013|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Press]]|date=July 25, 1964}}</ref>
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