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{{Short description|Kerry Gaelic football goalkeeper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox GAA player
| code= Football
| sport = Gaelic football
| image = 
| name = Dan O'Keeffe
| irish = Dónall Ó Caoimh
| feet = 5
| inches = 10
| occupation = Clerical officer
| nickname = Danno
| county = Kerry
| province = Munster
| club = 
| clposition = Goalkeeper
| clubs = [[Kerins O'Rahilly's GAA|Kerins O'Rahilly's]]
| clyears = 
| clapps(points) = 
| clcounty = 2
| clprovince= 
| clallireland = 
| counties = [[Kerry county football team|Kerry]]
| icposition = Goalkeeper
| icyears = 1931–1948
| icapps(points) = 66 (0–00)
| icprovince = 14
| icallireland = 7
| nfl = 2
| allstars = 
| clupdate = 
| icupdate =
| birth_place=[[Fermoy]], [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
| death_place=[[Tralee]], [[County Kerry]], Ireland
| birth_date={{Birth date|1907|6|2|df=yes}}
| death_date={{death date and age|1967|6|2|1907|6|2|df=yes}}
}}
'''Daniel Joseph O'Keeffe''' (2 June 1907 – 2 June 1967), known as "Danno", was an Irish [[Gaelic football]]er, regarded by some as the greatest goalkeeper in the history of the sport.{{fact|date=October 2022}}

==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=|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602212733/https://kerinsorahillys.com/team/dan-okeeffe/|url-status=dead}}</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"/>

==Personal life and death==
O'Keeffe worked for [[Kerry County Council]] in Tralee and was eventually promoted to the post of Clerical Officer in charge of the staff on the roads division. He married Mary Moriarty in 1939 and had two children. O'Keeffe died suddenly on 2 June 1967.

==Honours==
;Kerins O'Rahilly's
*[[Kerry Senior Football Championship]]: 1933, 1939

;Kerry
*[[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]]: [[1931 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1931]], [[1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1932]], [[1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1937]], [[1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1939]], [[1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1940]], [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1941]], [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship|1946]]
*[[Munster Senior Football Championship]]: [[1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1932]], [[1933 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1933]], [[1934 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1934]], [[1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1936]], [[1937 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1937]], [[1938 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1938]], [[1939 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1939]], [[1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1940]], [[1941 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1941]], [[1942 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1942]], [[1944 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1944]], [[1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1946]], [[1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1947]], [[1948 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship#Munster Senior Football Championship|1948]]
*[[National Football League (Ireland)|National Football League]]: [[1930–31 National Football League (Ireland)|1930–31]], [[1931–32 National Football League (Ireland)|1931–32]]
*[[All-Ireland Junior Football Championship]]: [[1930 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship|1930]]
*[[Munster Junior Football Championship]]: [[1930 All-Ireland Junior Football Championship#Munster Junior Football Championship|1930]]

;Munster
*[[Railway Cup]]: 1931, 1941 (c), 1948

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[[Category:1907 births]]
[[Category:1967 deaths]]
[[Category:Gaelic football goalkeepers]]
[[Category:Kerins O'Rahilly's Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Kerry inter-county Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Munster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Fermoy]]
[[Category:Winners of seven All-Ireland medals (Gaelic football)]]