Frank Keetley

Frank Keetley

Personal information
Date of birth	(1901-03-23)23 March 1901
Place of birth	Derby, England
Date of death
Place of death	Worcestershire, England
Position(s)	Inside Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1921	Victoria Ironworks
1921–1926	Derby County	76	(8)
1926–1929	Doncaster Rovers	110	(28)
1929–1931	Bradford City	28	(8)
1931–1933	Lincoln City	42	(27)
1933	Hull City
1933–1934	Margate
Managerial career
1935–1936	Worcester City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Frank Keetley (23 March 1901 – 13 January 1968) was an English footballer who played inside forward. One of eleven brothers and one sister, he was born in Derby and came from a footballing family with several other brothers who played professionally including Arthur, Harry, Tom, Joe and Charlie.

Playing career

In February 1921, Frank moved from Victoria Ironworks to Derby County, making his debut on 1 October 1921 in a 3–0 defeat away at Nottingham Forest. In total he turned out 82 times for Derby, scoring 8 goals.

Keetley played professionally for Derby County, Doncaster Rovers, Bradford City, Lincoln City and Hull City between 1921 and 1933, making a total of 256 Football League appearances.

Three of his brothers, Harry, Tom and Joe, also played for Doncaster during their careers.

On 16 January 1932, he scored 6 goals for Lincoln in 21 minutes of the second half in a 9–1 victory against Halifax at Sincil Bank, an all time record for The Imps.

He later played a season for Margate scoring 30 goals, before going on to be player manager of Worcester City.