Keith Griffith

{{Short description|Barbadian footballer (1947–2025)}}

{{About|the Barbadian footballer|the American activist|Keith Griffith (activist)}}

{{For|those of a similar name|Keith Griffiths (disambiguation)|Keith Griffin (disambiguation)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year|1947}}

| birth_place = Saint James, Barbados

| death_date = {{death date and given age|2025|01|13|77|df=y}}

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| nationalteam1 = Barbados

| nationalcaps1 = 120{{cite web|last=Gray|first=Aaron|title=USVI soccer team has big hopes riding on upcoming series with BVI|url=http://virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/usvi-soccer-team-has-big-hopes-riding-on-upcoming-series-with-bvi-1.1169606#axzz1msYrDYmw|publisher=Virgin Islands Daily News|accessdate=21 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224065232/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/usvi-soccer-team-has-big-hopes-riding-on-upcoming-series-with-bvi-1.1169606#axzz1msYrDYmw|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead}}

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| manageryears1 = 1994

| managerclubs1 = Barbados

| manageryears2 = 1995–1997

| managerclubs2 = Antigua and Barbuda (technical director)

| manageryears3 = 1997–2000

| managerclubs3 = Anguilla (technical director)

| manageryears4 = 2000–2002

| managerclubs4 = Cayman Islands (technical director)

| manageryears5 = 2002–2008

| managerclubs5 = Barbados

| manageryears6 = 2008

| managerclubs6 = Joe Public

| manageryears7 = 2011

| managerclubs7 = US Virgin Islands

| manageryears8 = 2011–2013

| managerclubs8 = US Virgin Islands (technical director)[https://archive.today/20200817064241/https://www.fifa.com/news/virgin-islanders-find-foothold-1490215 US Virgin Islanders find a foothold] fifa.com

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Keith "Grell" Griffith (1947 – 13 January 2025) was a Barbadian professional footballer and later technical director of the US Virgin Island national team. Prior to this, Griffith was coach of the Barbados national team, Trinidad and Tobago's Joe Public F.C., and technical director of Antigua and Barbuda, Anguilla, and the Cayman Islands.{{cite web|last=Gray |first=Aaron |title=USVI national soccer team impresses in first matches with new technical advisor |url=http://virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/usvi-national-soccer-team-impresses-in-first-matches-with-new-technical-advisor |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209002102/http://virginislandsdailynews.com/sports/usvi-national-soccer-team-impresses-in-first-matches-with-new-technical-advisor |url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2013 |publisher=Virgin Islands Daily News |accessdate=21 February 2012 }}{{cite web|last=Stuart|first=Ezra|title=St Kitts-Nevis football team play against Barbados at Antigua Recreation Ground|url=http://www.caribzones.com/antiguafootball06.html|publisher=Caribzone|accessdate=22 February 2012}} Griffith has been called a "well-known hero on the Caribbean scene."{{cite web|title=US Virgin Islanders find a foothold|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1490215/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015055430/http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/news/newsid=1490215/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2011|publisher=Fifa|accessdate=24 February 2012}}

Griffith was born in 1947,{{cite web |last=De Freitas |first=Kern |title=Griffith: I was not fired |url=http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Griffith__I_was_not_fired-115580519.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209065701/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Griffith__I_was_not_fired-115580519.html |archive-date=9 December 2014 |accessdate=21 February 2012 |publisher=Trinidad Express Newspapers}} and died on 13 January 2025, at the age of 77.{{cite news |title=Football legend Grel passes on |url=https://barbadostoday.bb/2025/01/14/football-legend-grel-passes-on/ |access-date=14 January 2025 |publisher=Barbados Today |date=14 January 2025}}