Dick Keith
Football, Football player
1933 – 1967
Who was Dick Keith?
Richard "Dick" M. Keith was a footballer who played at right-back for Newcastle United between 1956 and 1964. He played 233 games and scored 2 goals.
Known as "Dick" to his team mates, he was a popular player with the Geordies and was made club captain in 1962.
His career saw him play for Linfield F.C., Newcastle United, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Weymouth F.C..
He was also part of the great Northern Ireland team that played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He made 23 appearances for his country, and also won the Irish Player of the Year 1954 and the Irish Cup in 1953.
He played for Weymouth up until his death in 1967; he died in an accident at a builders yard, aged only 33, when an automatic garage door he was dismantling collapsed on top of him at a builders yard.
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- Born
- May 15, 1933
Belfast - Nationality
- Northern Ireland
- Lived in
- Belfast
- Died
- Feb 28, 1967
Bournemouth
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on July 23, 2013
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