Dick Keith
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Richard Matthewson Keith[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 May 1933 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 28 February 1967 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | Bournemouth, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Position(s) |
Right Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 33rd Old Boys | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1950–1957 | Linfield | ||
| 1957–1964 | Newcastle United | 208 | (2) |
| 1964–1966 |
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic | 47 | (0) |
| 1966–1967 | Weymouth | ||
| International career | |||
| 1957–1962 | Northern Ireland | 23 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Richard Matthewson Keith (15 May 1933 – 28 February 1967) was a professional
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic and Weymouth, and was a member of the Northern Ireland squad at the 1958 World Cup
.
Playing career
Club
Keith was born in
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic in February 1964 and later joined non-League club Weymouth
.
International
Keith made 23 appearances for Northern Ireland between 1957 and 1962, and was part of the squad that reached the quarter-finals of the 1958 World Cup.[2] He also played for the Northern Ireland B team and the Irish League representative team.
Death
Keith died in Bournemouth on 28 February 1967 as a result of an accident at a builder's yard, when an automatic garage door he was dismantling collapsed on top of him. He was aged 33 and still playing for Weymouth at the time.
References
- ^ "Dick Keith". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
- ^ Dick Keith at National-Football-Teams.com
- Sources
- Paul Joannou. A Complete Who's Who of Newcastle United.
- Paul Joannou, Tommy Canning and Patrick Canning. Haway The Lads, The Illustrated Story of Newcastle United.
