JK/BIO/1987/REV. I

30/Mar/87

                                                                                                                                                jk87mr30

 

Background on Jack Keefe

(John Joseph Keefe Jr. )

 

Residence: 3947 Fulton Ave., Seaford, New York 11783

Telenhone: (516) 785-3852

 

Born:                      Brooklyn, New York, April 26, 1915

Parents:                  John J. Keefe, Bessie (Elizabeth) Woods Keefe

Brothers:                Frank (Francis), Tom (Thomas), George, Charlie (Charles)

Sister:                     Bemardine

 

DATE

EVENT

Oct 1916

Contracted Polio

1921-1928

Altar Boy & Choir Boy, St. Finbar's, Brooklyn New York

Student St Mary's School, Brooklyn, New York

1933

Manager - Jamaica High School Swimming Team, Jamaica N.Y.

Long Island Interscholastic 100 Meter Backstroke Champion

Graduated, Jamaica High; Selected as.-"Cream of the Crop

1933-1937

St Francis College, Brooklyn New York

Captain - Swimming Team, Junior and Senior Year

1935

Member Central Queens (Parsons Blvd) YMCA Junior National: Water Polo Championship Team;

Member Central Queens YMCA - 3rd Place Team in Senior National AAU Water Polo Championship

Member Central Queens YMCA - Champions of the Metropolitan YMCA Water Polo League

1936-1937

Member Central Queens YMCA -2nd place Team in Senior National AAU Water Polo Championships

1937

Bench Pressed 354 lbs, body weight: 147 lbs., Age: 22 yrs One Arm press 50 lbs, Right Arm: 75 times, Left:100 times

1941-1946

Member of NYAC (New York Athletic Club) Water Polo Team Few meets during the war, resumed activity in 1945

1941-1942

With U.S. Engineering Department - Trinadad, British West Indies and British Guiana

1942-1943

With Pan American Airways, Belem, Brazil

1943-1944

With MHKCB - Camp Me Crae, Yukon Territory, Canada

24June 1944

Married Wanda Davis (born Sept, 1921), Widewater, Alberta, Canada

1945-1960

Nine Children Born (6 boys - 3 girls)

Jack (John)-1945, Adhiratha (Kevin)-1947, Tim (Thomas)-1949, Both (Elizabeth)-1951, Donna-1952, George-1955, Moira-1957, Michael-1958, Mark-1960

1985

Empire State Games, Buffalo N.Y. , Long Course, First Place in the 50, 100 and 200 meter men’s Backstroke - 70 to 75 Age Group.

1986

Short Course Masters National Championships; Fort Pierce, Florida - 4th in the 200 and 100 yard backstroke; fifth in 50 yard Backstroke.

1985 & 1986

Selected for Swimming’s "Top Ten" Best times group - 70 to 75 years old for backstroke.