Eric Keen

Eric Keen
Personal information
Full name Errington Ridley Liddell Keen
Date of birth (1910-10-04)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

Playing career

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

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

Keen died in July 1984.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Eric Keen". EnglandFC.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ^ "Errington Ridley Liddell "Ike" Keen". Toon 1892. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Eric Keen". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2009. Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ "Manager History". Hereford United F.C. official website. Archived from the original on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Memories of Eric". Herefordshire News. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  6. ^ "Egyptian National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  7. ^ "Egypt Squad List - 1948 Summer Olympics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "England's Players - Kail to Konchesky". England Football Online. Retrieved 27 November 2009.


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