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P. J. Keefe

1878 – 1941

American football coach

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Lived 1878 – 1941 (aged 62). P. J. Keefe was an American head coach and american football coach.

Patrick "Patsy" Keefe (September 16, 1878 – September 10, 1941) was an American baseball player, coach of football and baseball, and athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont from 1910 to 1912, compiling a record of 2–16–2. Keefe was also the head baseball coach at the University of Maine, tallying a mark of 8–4.

Keefe played high school football in Williamstown, Massachusetts as a halfback. He later coached football for two seasons there and then in Ogdensburg, New York, in 1909. He was the athletic director at Drury High School in North Adams, Massachusetts from 1915 to 1917. Keefe was later an assistant football coach at Williams College under head coaches Percy Wendell and Douglas Lawson. In 1929, he was hired as the baseball coach at Clarkson College—now known as Clarkson University—in Potsdam, New York. He died on September 10, 1941, at Veteran's Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

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Who was P. J. Keefe?

American football coach

When was P. J. Keefe born?

P. J. Keefe was born on 16 September 1878.

When did P. J. Keefe die?

P. J. Keefe died on 10 September 1941.

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P. J. Keefe was a head coach and american football coach.

What nationality was P. J. Keefe?

P. J. Keefe was American.

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· Wikipedia: P. J. Keefe

· Wikidata: Q7117304

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