Keith Hooker

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Keith Hooker

| fullname = Keith William Hooker{{Hugman|9309|accessdate=20 October 2015}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|1|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fleet, Hampshire, England

| position = Wing half

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| years1 = 1966–1969

| clubs1 = Brentford

| caps1 = 32

| goals1 = 2

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| clubs2 = → Brentwood Town (loan)

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| years3 = 1969

| clubs3 = Durban Spurs

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| years4 = 1970–1972

| clubs4 = Port Elizabeth City

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Keith William Hooker (born 31 January 1950) is an English retired professional footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Brentford.

Career

= Brentford =

Hooker progressed through the Brentford youth team to make his senior debut at age 16 in a 0–0 Fourth Division draw with Wrexham on 14 January 1967, due to an injury crisis.{{Cite book |title=100 Years Of Brentford |publisher=Brentford FC |year=1989 |isbn=0951526200 |editor-last=White |editor-first=Eric |pages=389–390}} He impressed enough to make 9 further appearances during the remainder of the 1966–67 season and scored his maiden goal for the club with the only goal of the game versus Notts County on 1 April. Hooker was a first team regular during the 1967–68 season and made 23 appearances, scored one goal and signed a professional contract in February 1968.{{Cite book |url=https://www.hattersheritage.co.uk/sites/default/files/Programme_621.pdf |title=Brentford Football Club Official Programme – Season 1967–68 – Football League Div. IV – Brentford v. Luton Town |date=17 February 1968 |publisher=The Brentford Printing & Publishing Co. |location=Brentford |page=6}} He made just one appearance during the 1968–69 season and departed the club at the end of the campaign. Hooker made 34 appearances and scored two goals for the Bees.{{Cite book |last=Haynes |first=Graham |title=Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006 |last2=Coumbe |first2=Frank |publisher=Yore Publications |year=2006 |isbn=978-0955294914 |page=80}}

== Brentwood Town (loan) ==

While with Brentford, Hooker had a loan spell with Essex Olympian League club Brentwood Town.

= South Africa =

After his release from Brentford, Hooker moved to South Africa and played for National Football League clubs Durban Spurs and Port Elizabeth City between 1970 and 1972. He played under former teammate Matt Crowe at the latter club.

Personal life

After his retirement from football, Hooker remained in South Africa.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY9GmIJgkEw |title=Big Interview: Keith Hooker |date=4 January 2015 |publisher=Brentford Football Club |medium=Interview}}

Career statistics

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|League Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="3" \|Brentford \|1966–67 \| rowspan="3" \|Fourth Division \|10 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|10 \|1
1967–68 \|21 \|1 \|1 \|0 \|1 \|0 \|23 \|1
1968–69 \|1 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|0 \|1 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !32 !2 !1 !0 !1 !0 !34 !2

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