Keith Rutter

Keith Gregg Rutter (10 September 1931 – 24 June 2021) was an English professional footballer who made 402 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Queens Park Rangers and Colchester United.^[1][2]

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1931-09-10)10 September 1931
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Date of death	24 June 2021(2021-06-24) (aged 89)
Place of death	Axminster, Devon, England
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Methley United
1954–1962	Queens Park Rangers	339	(1)
1962–1964	Colchester United	63	(0)
1964–1965	Romford	19	(0)
1965–1966	Ashford Town	46	(0)
	Hastings United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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Rutter was born in Leeds on 10 September 1931.^[3] He was a reliable defender, who made his QPR debut in August 1954 against Southend United and went on to play 339 league games, scoring 1 goal. He was ever present for three seasons.^{[citation needed]}

He went on to play non-league football with Romford and Ashford Town (where he was a league ever-present in the 1965–1966 season),^[4] before ending his career as player-manager of Hastings United.^[5]

Rutter died on 24 June 2021, at the age of 89.^[6][3][7]

1. ^ "Keith Rutter". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
2. ^ "Keith Rutter". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
3. ^ ^{a b} Morrissey, Paul (1 October 2021). "Two former Hoops to be inducted on Saturday". QPR. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
4. ^ "Keith Rutter player profile". Nuts and Bolts Archive: History of Ashford town / United. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
5. ^ "In Memory of Keith Rutter". Independent R's. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
6. ^ "Keith Rutter RIP". QPR. 24 June 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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