Dick Keith

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.
Footnotes for the facts described in the article are missing

Richard Matthewson "Dick" Keith (born May 15, 1933 in Belfast , † February 28, 1967 in Bournemouth ) was a Northern Irish football player .

Athletic career

Keith began his career with the Northern Irish club Linfield FC . After he was named Northern Irish Footballer of the Year in the 1955/56 season, he moved to England for Newcastle United . At the side of Alf McMichael , Jackie Milburn , Ronnie Simpson , Thommy Casey , George Heslop and Ivor Allchurch , he played in the first division in the following years, before the team relegated to the second division in 1961. First he stayed with the team in the Second Division, but moved to the third division AFC Bournemouth in 1963 after 208 games for the Magpies . Three seasons later, he moved to Weymouth FC , who had won the Southern Football League twice in a row, but had not made the leap out of non-league football .

After Keith had already played in the youth area in national teams, he ran in October 1957 in the first international match of the Northern Irish B national team for the first time in the adult area in the national jersey. With a good performance he played his way into the notebook of national coach Peter Doherty , under whose direction he made his debut in November of that year in a 3-2 victory over the English national team in a game on the occasion of the British Home Championship in the Northern Irish senior team . There he ousted Willie Cunningham from the right full-back position , who moved to the center runner position , and traveled as a regular for the 1958 World Cup . Used in all group games including the playoff against Czechoslovakia , he reached the round of eight with the team in their first finals. Two days after the play-off decided by a goal from Peter McParland in extra time, the island's selection in the game against France for Just Fontaine , Raymond Kopa and Roger Piantoni had no chance and lost the quarter-final game 4-0. Until 1962 he was still on for the national team, for which he played a total of 23 internationals . Another tournament participation was denied him.

Keith had worked in the construction industry at the start of his career in Northern Ireland. After moving to non-league football, he returned to this area. In an accident at work in the spring of 1967 he was killed by a steel beam.

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Keith, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keith, Richard Matthewson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Northern Irish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Belfast , Northern Ireland
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1967
Place of death Bournemouth , UK