Elias O'Keeffe

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Elias O'Keeffe
Personal information
Irish name Elias Ó Caoimh
Sport Dual player
Born 1886
Templetuohy, County Tipperary, Ireland
Nickname Bud
Occupation Tailor
Club(s)
Years Club
Moyne–Templetuohy
Castleiney
Club titles
  Football Hurling
Tipperary titles 1 0
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
1915
1907-1915
Tipperary (football)
Tipperary (hurling)
Inter-county titles
  Football Hurling
Munster Titles 0 1
All-Ireland Titles 0 0

Elias "Bud" O'Keeffe (born 1886) was an Irish hurler and Gaelic footballer who played for the Tipperary senior teams.

O'Keeffe made his first appearance for the Tipperary hurling team during the 1907 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until he left the panel after the 1915 championship. During that time he won one Munster medal.[1] O'Keeffe was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion. He also enjoyed one season as captain of the Tipperary football team.

At club level O'Keeffe played with Moyne–Templetuohy and was a one-time county football championship medallist with Castleiney.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Senior Hurling". Munster GAA website. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 26 April 2012.