Keith Hird

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Keith Hird
Personal information
Full name Robert Keith Bryan Hird[1]
Date of birth (1939-11-25)25 November 1939[1]
Place of birth Annfield Plain,[1] England
Date of death September 1967(1967-09-00) (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]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Hird's death was registered in the third quarter of 1992, in the Newcastle upon Tyne registration district.[2][3]

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