title: Bob O'Keeffe
text: # Bob O'Keeffe
  
  Robert O'Keeffe (16 August 1880 – 1949) 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 had 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.
  
  