Eric Keen

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| name = Eric Keen

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| fullname = Errington Ridley Liddell Keen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|10|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, England

| death_date = July 1984 (aged 73)

| death_place = Fulham, England

| height =

| position = Left half

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 = Newcastle Schools

| youthyears2 =

| youthclubs2 = Nun's Moor

| youthyears3 =

| youthclubs3 = Newcastle Swifts

| years1 = 1926–1930

| clubs1 = Newcastle United

| caps1 = 1

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1930–1938

| clubs2 = Derby County

| caps2 = 219

| goals2 = 4

| years3 = 1938–1939

| clubs3 = Chelmsford City

| caps3 =

| goals3 =

| years4 = 1939–1940

| clubs4 = Hereford United

| caps4 =

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| years5 =

| clubs5 = Leeds United

| caps5 =

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| years6 =

| clubs6 = Bacup Borough

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| totalcaps = 220

| totalgoals = 4

| nationalyears1 = 1932–1936

| nationalteam1 = England

| nationalcaps1 = 4

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1939–1940

| managerclubs1 = Hereford United

| manageryears2 = 1947–1948

| managerclubs2 = Egypt

| manageryears3 = 1948

| managerclubs3 = Hong Kong

| manageryears4 = 1949

| managerclubs4 = IFK Norrköping

| manageryears5 = 1949–1950

| managerclubs5 = Beşiktaş

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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 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=561 |title=Eric Keen |access-date=27 November 2009 |publisher=EnglandFC.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090918105849/http://www.englandfc.com/Profiles/php/PlayerProfileByName.php?id=561 |archive-date=18 September 2009 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|url=http://www.toon1892.com/detail_player.php?id=407|title=Errington Ridley Liddell "Ike" Keen|access-date=26 March 2021|website=Toon 1892}}

He also earned four caps for England between 1932 and 1936.{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=27 November 2009}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/612721/Manager-History |title=Manager History |access-date=27 November 2009 |publisher=Hereford United F.C. official website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929110454/http://www.herefordunited.co.uk/article/612721/Manager-History |archive-date=29 September 2009 |df=dmy }}{{cite web|url=http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/letters/8628765.Trevor_Jones_of_Ledbury_Road__Hereford__remembers_Eric___s_short_but_still_fruitful_time_at_Hereford_Bulls/|title=Memories of Eric|access-date=15 November 2010|publisher=Herefordshire News}}

Keen managed Egypt between 1947 and 1948,{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/egy-coach-triv.html|title=Egyptian National Team Coaches|website=RSSSF|access-date=27 November 2009}} and was in charge at the 1948 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197049/teams/team=43855.html |title=Egypt Squad List - 1948 Summer Olympics |access-date=27 November 2009 |publisher=FIFA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619145704/http://fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197049/teams/team%3D43855.html |archive-date=19 June 2008 |df=dmy }}

Keen later managed Hong Kong in 1948,{{cite book|author=李峻嶸|title=足球王國：戰後初期的香港足球|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ATWrCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA169|date=29 June 2015|publisher=三聯書店(香港)有限公司|isbn=978-962-04-3782-3|pages=169–}} Swedish club side IFK Norrköping{{Cite web |url=http://www.nt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=889285 |title=Eric Keen tränaren utan framgång i stjärnans ... - Sport Norrköping - Lokala nyheter - Norrköpings Tidningar på Internet - Norrköpings Tidningar |access-date=8 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719090548/http://www.nt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?ArticleID=889285 |archive-date=19 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} and Turkish club side Beşiktaş between 1949 and 1950.

Later life

Keen died in July 1984.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrs/Plyr_K.html|title=England's Players - Kail to Konchesky|access-date=27 November 2009|publisher=England Football Online}}