| Keith Schaefer | |
| Birth Date: | 20 December 1928 |
| Birth Place: | Melbourne, Victoria |
| Death Place: | Mount Waverley, Victoria |
| Originalteam: | South Surfers |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Weight: | 76 kg |
| Statsend: | 1953 |
| Years1: | 1947–1953 |
| Club1: | South Melbourne |
| Games Goals1: | 102 (22) |
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Keith Schaefer (20 December 1928 – 21 August 1976)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Schaefer played 102 games for South Melbourne, between 1947 and 1953.[2] A centreman, Schaefer was a Victorian interstate representative in 1948, at the age of just 19.[3] He won South Melbourne's best and fairest award in 1952.[4]
At the end of the 1953 VFL season, Scheafer left South Melbourne to be playing coach of Deniliquin.[5]
In 1955, Schaefer was captain-coach of Traralgon.[6]
He died in 1976 after losing his battle with bowel cancer.[7]