Bobby Keetch

Bobby Keetch
Personal information
Date of birth	25 October 1941
Place of birth	Tottenham, Greater London
Date of death	29 June 1996 (aged 54)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1962–1966	Fulham
1966–1969	Queens Park Rangers
1969–?	Durban City F.C.
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bobby D. Keetch (25 October 1941 – 29 June 1996) was a footballer who played as a defender for West Ham United, Fulham and QPR.

Keetch was a centre-half. After a brief career at West Ham United, he joined Fulham in 1959 and played for the club between 1961 and 1966, making 106 first team appearances, scoring two goals. He signed for QPR in 1966 from Fulham. Keetch played 52 league games for QPR before joining Durban City in 1969. After three seasons in Durban, he retired in 1971. Keetch was quite a man-about-town and an entrepreneur in business.^{[citation needed]}

He died, aged 54, on 29 June 1996, after suffering a stroke.^[1] Fulham FC were desperately short of money in 1996 and in the lowest league. Jimmy Hill has said that the club had so little money that they could not afford a wreath at Keetch's funeral, but somehow they managed it.

References[edit]

^ "Keetch dies, aged 54". The Independent. 1 July 1996. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

External links[edit]

Bobby Keetch at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database

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[1] "Keetch dies, aged 54". The Independent. 1 July 1996. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

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