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
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 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.

He also earned four caps for England between 1932 and 1936. 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.

Keen managed Egypt between 1947 and 1948, and was in charge at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Keen later managed Swedish club side IFK Norrköping and Turkish club side Beşiktaş between 1949 and 1950.

Later life

Keen died in July 1984.