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
Playing position 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)
National team
1932–1936 England 4 (0)
Teams managed
1939–1940 Hereford United
1947–1948 Egypt
1948 Hong Kong
1949 IFK Norrköping
1949–1950 Beşiktaş

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


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 both 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. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  2. ↑ "Errington Ridley L "Ike" Keen". Toon 1892. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "Eric Keen". Englandstats.com. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
  4. ↑ "Manager History". Hereford United F.C. official website. 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. 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. ↑ http://www.nt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=889285
  10. ↑ "England's Players - Kail to Konchesky". England Football Online. Retrieved 27 November 2009.


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