Keith Hird
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Robert Keith Bryan Hird[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 25 November 1939[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Annfield Plain,[1] England | ||
| Date of death | September 1967 (aged 27)[1][a] | ||
| Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne,[a] England | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| – | Annfield Plain | ||
| 1957–1963 | Sunderland | 1 | (0) |
| 1963–1964 | Darlington | 17 | (0) |
| – | Annfield Plain | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Robert Keith Bryan Hird (25 November 1939 – September 1967), known as Keith Hird, was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Sunderland and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Annfield Plain.[4]
Hird was born in Annfield Plain, County Durham, and played for his hometown club before joining Sunderland in 1957.[1] His only first-team appearance was in the last match of the 1960–61 Football League season – replacing the previously ever-present Peter Wakeham – in a 1–1 draw HOME to Liverpool in the Second Division.[5][6] He left the club in 1963, played 17 Fourth Division matches in his only season with Darlington,[1] and returned to Annfield Plain.[4] In September 1967, Hird went missing; he was found drowned in the River Tyne on 6 September.[1][a][7] His death was ruled a suicide.[7]
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- 1939 births
- 1960s missing person cases
- 1967 deaths
- 20th-century English sportsmen
- People from Annfield Plain
- Footballers from County Durham
- English men's footballers
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Annfield Plain F.C. players
- Sunderland A.F.C. players
- Darlington F.C. players
- English Football League players
- Missing person cases in England
- Suicides by drowning in England
- Formerly missing British people
- English football goalkeeper, 1930s birth stubs