Pat Keefe Explained

Pat Keefe
Birth Date:16 September 1878
Birth Place:Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.
Player Sport1:Baseball
Player Years2:1901
Player Team2:Canton (Northern NY League)
Player Years3:1902
Player Team3:Utica Pent-Ups
Player Years4:1902
Player Team4:Potsdam (Northern NY League)
Player Years5:1902
Player Team5:Plattsburgh (Northern NY League)
Player Years6:1903
Player Team6:Ilion Typewriters
Player Years7:1903
Player Team7:Burlington (Northern NY League)
Player Years8:1905
Player Team8:Bradford Drillers
Player Years9:1914
Player Team9:Bradford Drillers
Coach Sport1:Football
Coach Years2:?
Coach Team2:Williamstown HS (MA)
Coach Years3:1909
Coach Team3:Ogdensburg HS (NY)
Coach Years4:1910–1912
Coach Team4:Middlebury
Coach Years5:–1927
Coach Team5:Williams (assistant)
Coach Sport6:Baseball
Coach Years7:1910
Coach Team7:Maine
Coach Years8:1929
Coach Team8:Clarkson
Admin Years1:1915–1917
Admin Team1:Drury HS (MA)
Overall Record:2–16–2 (college football)

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.[1] [2]

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.[3] 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.[4] He died on September 10, 1941, at Veteran's Hospital in Chelsea, Massachusetts.[5]

Head coaching record

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Notes and References

  1. News: . Keefe To Coach . . . January 28, 1910 . 8 . June 13, 2024 . .
  2. Web site: . 2021 Baseball Media Guide . University of Maine Athletics . 29 . June 13, 2024 .
  3. News: . Keefe To Coach Middlebury Team . . . September 15, 1910 . 2 . June 13, 2024 . .
  4. News: . Keefe To Coach Clarkson Nine . . . March 26, 1929 . 2 . June 13, 2024 . .
  5. News: . "Pat Keefe"; Former Athlete . . . September 10, 1941 . 9 . June 13, 2024 . .
  6. Web site: . Middlebury College Football Coaching History . . June 12, 2024 .