Hank O'Keeffe

{{short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Hank O'Keeffe

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 3

| weight_lb = 195

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|12}}

| birth_place = Malverne, New York, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|27|1923|12|12}}

| death_place = Savannah, Georgia, U.S.

| high_school = Malverne (Malverne, New York)

| college =

• Canisius (1942–1943)
• RPI (1943–1945)
• Canisius (1946–1948)

| draft_year = 1948

| career_position = Forward

| career_number =

| years1 = 1948–1949

| team1 = Syracuse Nationals

| years2 = 1949–1950

| team2 = Wilkes-Barre Barons

| years3 = 1950–1951

| team3 = Erie

| highlights =

• Third-team All-American – SN (1945)

}}

Henry J. O'Keeffe (December 12, 1923 – December 27, 2011) was an American professional basketball player.{{cite web| title =Hank O'Keeffe NBL stats| work =basketball-reference.com| publisher =Sports Reference LLC| date = | url =https://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/o/okeefhe01n.html| accessdate = May 7, 2019}} He played for the Syracuse Nationals in the National Basketball League and the Wilkes-Barre Barons in the American Basketball League.{{cite web| title =Hank O'Keeffe| work =Peach Basket Society| publisher =| date =July 19, 2016 | url =http://peachbasketsociety.blogspot.com/2016/07/hank-okeeffe.html| accessdate = May 7, 2019}}{{cite web| title =Hank O'Keeffe Statistics| work =Just Sports Stats| publisher =| date = | url =https://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=okeefha01| accessdate = May 7, 2019}}

O'Keeffe's college career was split between Canisius College and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), with him serving in World War II during this time. In his post-basketball career, O'Keeffe began his insurance agency in Buffalo, New York and then worked as a real estate agent in Sarasota, Florida. He retired in Savannah, Georgia. O'Keeffe was married twice and had six children.