Dick Keith

Dick Keith

Personal information
Full name	Richard Matthewson Keith
Date of birth	(1933-05-15)15 May 1933
Place of birth	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Date of death
Place of death	Bournemouth, England
Height
Position(s)	Right Back
Youth career
	33rd Old Boys
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1950–1957	Linfield
1957–1964	Newcastle United	223	(2)
1964–1966	Bournemouth	52	(0)
1966–1967	Weymouth
International career
1957–1962	Northern Ireland	23	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richard "Dick" M. Keith (15 May 1933 – 28 February 1967) 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.

See also

• Ulster Footballer of the Year

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