Emmett Gerald Keefe (April 28, 1893 – September 11, 1965) was a

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in the

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Biography

Keefe was born on April 28, 1893, in

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. He died on September 11, 1965, at St. Luke's Hospital in

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Career

Keefe played with the

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during the

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. He would split the following season between the

Rock Island Independents The Rock Island Independents were a professional American football team, based in Rock Island, Illinois, from 1907 to 1926. The Independents were a founding National Football League franchise. They hosted what has been retrospectively designated ...

and the

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. Again the next, he would split the season, this time between the Independents and the

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. He played at the collegiate level at the

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References

1893 births 1965 deaths American football guards Chicago Tigers players Great Lakes Navy Bluejackets football players Green Bay Packers players Milwaukee Badgers players Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Rock Island Independents players St. Viator Irish football coaches People from Benton County, Indiana {{Amfoot-bio-stub