Bob O'Keeffe


Robert "Bob" O'Keeffe was an Irish hurler who played for the Laois senior team.
O'Keeffe was a regular member of the starting fifteen during the 1914 and 1915 championship campaigns. During that time he won one All-Ireland medal and back-to-back Leinster medals.
At club level O'Keeffe enjoyed a lengthy career, playing with Mooncoin in Kilkenny, St. Peter's in Meath and Borris-in-Ossory in Laois.
In retirement from playing O'Keeffe served as a high-ranking referee and was heavily involved in the administration of the GAA. He was chairman of the Leinster Council, before serving as President of the GAA from 1935 to 1938.

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