George Keeton
| Full name | George Haydn Keeton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 13 October 1878 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 7 January 1949 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Menton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Oakham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Emmanuel College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Haydn Keeton (father) Nicholas Mansergh (son-in-law) Martin Mansergh (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Schoolmaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Dr. Keeton's Son Dead". Peterborough Standard. 14 January 1949.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Untitled". Athletic News. 11 January 1904. p. 1.
- ^ "Tribute To Late Headmaster". Reading Standard. 4 February 1949.
- ^ "Mansergh, (Philip) Nicholas Seton". Dictionary of Irish Biography.
External links
[edit]- George Keeton at ESPNscrum
- 1878 births
- 1949 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union players from Peterborough
- Rugby union hookers
- Richmond F.C. players
- Edinburgh Wanderers players
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
- People educated at Oakham School
- Heads of schools in England
- Leicester Tigers players