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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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