Keeffe, Edward
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Edward Keeffe, previously an amateur from Exminster, appeared twice for Exeter City in the Football League in February 1935 after turning professional. He joined the police soon afterwards having already been awarded a medal for bravery when he saved a woman from drowning.
Predominantly a reserve team player, he joined Exeter City as an amateur in 1931 from Exminster and didn't sign professional forms until August 1934. He finally made his first-team debut against Gillingham on 16 February 1935 and retained his place for the following game against Reading.
Quitting professional football he joined the police after the end of the 1934/35 seasons having already been awarded a Royal Humane Society certificate for saving a woman from drowning in the Exeter Canal in October 1934. It was reported that he was on his way to training at the time and that the woman was struggling violently.
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