Bill Keech

Bill Keech
Personal information
Full name William Keech[1]
Date of birth (1872-04-30)30 April 1872
Place of birth Irthlingborough, England
Date of death 6 September 1948(1948-09-06) (aged 76)[1]
Place of death Paddington, England
Playing position Centre forward, right half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1888 Irthlingborough Revellers
1889 Irthlingborough
Finedon
Kettering Hawks
1892 Wellingborough
1893 Irthlingborough Wanderers
Kettering
1894–1895 Barnsley St. Peter's
1895–1897 Liverpool 6 (0)
1897 Barnsley St. Peter's
1897–1898 Blackpool 16 (0)
1898–1899 Leicester Fosse 15 (5)
1899 → Loughborough (loan) 13 (6)
1899–1902 Queens Park Rangers 69 (6)
1902–1903 Brentford 19 (0)
Small Heath
Kensal Rise United
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

William "Bill" Keech (30 April 1872 – 6 September 1948) was an English professional football centre forward and right half who played in the Football League for Blackpool, Leicester Fosse, Loughborough and Liverpool.[1][2][3] After his retirement he returned to one of his former clubs, Queens Park Rangers, as a trainer.[4]

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Liverpool 1895–96[3] Second Division 6 0 0 0 — 6 0
Leicester Fosse 1897–98[5] Second Division 9 3 — — 9 3
1898–99[5] 6 2 0 0 — 6 2
Total 15 5 0 0 — 15 5
Queens Park Rangers 1899–00[6] Southern League First Division 24 2 10 3 — 34 5
1900–01[7] 14 1 3 0 — 17 1
1901–02[8] 17 0 3 0 — 20 0
Total 55 3 16 3 — 71 6
Brentford 1902–03[2] Southern League First Division 20 0 1 0 1[lower-alpha 1] 0 22 0
Career total 41 5 1 0 1 0 43 5
  1. ↑ Appearance in Southern League promotion-relegation test match.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 160. ISBN 190589161X.
  2. 1 2 White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 357. ISBN 0951526200.
  3. 1 2 LFChistory.net. "Liverpool career stats for Bill Keech – LFChistory – Stats galore for Liverpool FC!". www.lfchistory.net. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  4. ↑ "William Keech – Independent Rs". 2007-02-01. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  5. 1 2 "Leicester City career stats for William Keech – FoxesHistory". 2 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1899-00".
  7. ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1900–01".
  8. ↑ "QPRnet – Seasonal Stats – 1901–02".


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