Ryan O'Keefe is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his career with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League and was a member of the club's premiership sides of 2005 and 2012. Born on 24 January 1981, he was drafted in 1999 with the 56th selection after playing for the Calder Cannons in the TAC Cup. He moved from defence into midfield and attack, was named in the 2006 All-Australian side, won the Jim Stynes Medal as the best Australian player in the 2006 International Rules series, and took the Norm Smith Medal in the 2012 Grand Final, the first Swans player to do so. After retiring he moved into coaching at Adelaide and with the Western Jets.
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is a former professional Australian rules footballer with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL)
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