Eric Keen
Personal information | |||
---|---|---|---|
Full name | Errington Ridley Liddell Keen | ||
Date of birth | 4 October 1910 | ||
Place of birth | Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
Date of death | July 1984 (aged 73) | ||
Place of death | Fulham, England | ||
Position(s) | Left half | ||
Youth career | |||
Newcastle Schools | |||
Nun's Moor | |||
Newcastle Swifts | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1926–1930 | Newcastle United | 1 | (0) |
1930–1938 | Derby County | 219 | (4) |
1938–1939 | Chelmsford City | ||
1939–1940 | Hereford United | ||
Leeds United | |||
Bacup Borough | |||
Total | 220 | (4) | |
International career | |||
1932–1936 | England | 4 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1939–1940 | Hereford United | ||
1947–1948 | Egypt | ||
1948 | Hong Kong | ||
1949 | IFK Norrköping | ||
1949–1950 | Beşiktaş | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Errington Ridley Liddell Keen (4 October 1910 – July 1984) was an English football player and manager. Keen played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a coach at national and international level in Europe and Africa.
Career
[edit]Playing career
[edit]Born in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Keen, who played as a left half, played club football for Newcastle Schools, Nun's Moor, Newcastle Swifts, Newcastle United, Derby County, Chelmsford City, Hereford United, Leeds United and Bacup Borough.[1][2]
He also earned four caps for England between 1932 and 1936.[3] Making his debut in a friendly match against Austria on 7 December 1932.
Coaching career
[edit]Keen was player-manager of Hereford United between 1939 and 1940.[4][5]
Keen managed Egypt between 1947 and 1948,[6] and was in charge at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[7]
Keen later managed Hong Kong in 1948,[8] Swedish club side IFK Norrköping[9] and Turkish club side Beşiktaş between 1949 and 1950.
Later life
[edit]Keen died in July 1984.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Eric Keen". EnglandFC.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Errington Ridley Liddell "Ike" Keen". Toon 1892. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Eric Keen". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Manager History". Hereford United F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Memories of Eric". Herefordshire News. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
- ^ "Egyptian National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Egypt Squad List - 1948 Summer Olympics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
- ^ 李峻嶸 (29 June 2015). 足球王國:戰後初期的香港足球. 三聯書店(香港)有限公司. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-962-04-3782-3.
- ^ "Eric Keen tränaren utan framgång i stjärnans ... - Sport Norrköping - Lokala nyheter - Norrköpings Tidningar på Internet - Norrköpings Tidningar". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ "England's Players - Kail to Konchesky". England Football Online. Retrieved 27 November 2009.