George Keeton

George Keeton
Full nameGeorge Haydn Keeton
Date of birth(1878-10-13)13 October 1878
Place of birthPeterborough, England
Date of death7 January 1949(1949-01-07) (aged 70)
Place of deathMenton, England
SchoolOakham School
UniversityEmmanuel College, Cambridge
Notable relative(s)Haydn Keeton (father)
Nicholas Mansergh (son-in-law) Martin Mansergh (grandson)
Occupation(s)Schoolmaster
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1896–1904 Leicester Tigers 45 (30)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1904 England 3 (0)

George Haydn Keeton (13 October 1878 – 7 January 1949) was a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers, Richmond and an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Peterborough, Keeton was the son of Peterborough Cathedral organist Haydn Keeton.[1]

Keeton attended Oakham School in Rutland, followed by further studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took first class honours and was a two-time Cambridge rugby blue. Keeton played club rugby for Leicester Tigers, making his debut on 12 February 1896 against Bedford School he was a regular in the first team by the end of 1898. He played intermittently after 1900, but featured for Leicester on 1 January & 2 January 1904 on the club's north-eastern tour and again on 16 January 1904 against Gloucester either side of his England debut.[2] Keeton gained three England caps as a hooker in 1904, his other clubs at the time were Edinburgh Wanderers, having moved to Scotland to work as a master at Fettes College, and Richmond.[3]

Between 1914 and 1939, Keeton served as the headmaster of Reading School.[4]

Keeton's daughter Diana married historian Nicholas Mansergh.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Dr. Keeton's Son Dead". Peterborough Standard. 14 January 1949.
  2. ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David (2014). Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby Development Foundation. pp. 48–55. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
  3. ^ "Untitled". Athletic News. 11 January 1904. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Tribute To Late Headmaster". Reading Standard. 4 February 1949.
  5. ^ "Mansergh, (Philip) Nicholas Seton". Dictionary of Irish Biography.