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Vic Keeble
Victor Albert Williams Keeble (25 June 1930 – 29 January 2018) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Colchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United.
Victor Albert Williams Keeble was born 25 June 1930 to Victor Keeble (1907-1977) and Minnie Rose Warner. Keeble attended Colchester Royal Grammar School, where his preferred sport was rugby, playing as a stand-off half. He played football with Arsenal as a schoolboy and locally for King George V Boys Club and Colchester Casuals.
Keeble was signed as an amateur for hometown club Colchester United by future West Ham United manager Ted Fenton in May 1947, a few weeks short of his 17th birthday. The club paid a £10 signing-on fee for his services. He had an instant impact, scoring hat-tricks on his debuts in the Eastern Counties League, against Norwich City A, and in the Southern League against Bedford Town in the first game of the 1947–48 season. His goals at Colchester earned him a place in the Southern League representative side.
He scored 59 goals in 69 Southern League appearances for Colchester United, and went on to score a further 23 goals in 46 Football League appearances after the club were elected to the Third Division South for the first time.
He was signed by Newcastle United for £15,000 in January 1952 after being spotted by Magpies scout and former captain Bill McCracken. He continued to score goals, with three in his five appearances in 1951–52. However, Keeble's move to Newcastle coincided with his National Service with the Army, and long periods away impeded his progress.
Keeble's first full season at Newcastle began with a 4–2 loss in the Charity Shield against Manchester United. He scored both goals for the Magpies. The 1952–53 season continued with 6 goals in 17 First Division appearances, and he managed 6 in 11 the following season.
By 1955, with Army duties completed, Keeble was back to his best, scoring 29 goals in 36 appearances during the 1955–56 season. One game against Huddersfield Town in November 1955 saw Keeble score four. He was the last surviving member of the team that beat Manchester City in the 1955 FA Cup Final, and has a road named after him in North Seaton, Ashington. The competition had seen Keeble score five goals in preceding rounds, and he wore Jackie Milburn's number 9 shirt in the Final (Milburn wore number 8).
An injury in 1956–57 saw Keeble lose his place in the team to Len White and the following season he played mainly for the reserve team. He left having scored 67 goals in his 120 League and FA Cup games for the club.
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Vic Keeble
Victor Albert Williams Keeble (25 June 1930 – 29 January 2018) was an English footballer who played as a centre-forward for Colchester United, Newcastle United and West Ham United.
Victor Albert Williams Keeble was born 25 June 1930 to Victor Keeble (1907-1977) and Minnie Rose Warner. Keeble attended Colchester Royal Grammar School, where his preferred sport was rugby, playing as a stand-off half. He played football with Arsenal as a schoolboy and locally for King George V Boys Club and Colchester Casuals.
Keeble was signed as an amateur for hometown club Colchester United by future West Ham United manager Ted Fenton in May 1947, a few weeks short of his 17th birthday. The club paid a £10 signing-on fee for his services. He had an instant impact, scoring hat-tricks on his debuts in the Eastern Counties League, against Norwich City A, and in the Southern League against Bedford Town in the first game of the 1947–48 season. His goals at Colchester earned him a place in the Southern League representative side.
He scored 59 goals in 69 Southern League appearances for Colchester United, and went on to score a further 23 goals in 46 Football League appearances after the club were elected to the Third Division South for the first time.
He was signed by Newcastle United for £15,000 in January 1952 after being spotted by Magpies scout and former captain Bill McCracken. He continued to score goals, with three in his five appearances in 1951–52. However, Keeble's move to Newcastle coincided with his National Service with the Army, and long periods away impeded his progress.
Keeble's first full season at Newcastle began with a 4–2 loss in the Charity Shield against Manchester United. He scored both goals for the Magpies. The 1952–53 season continued with 6 goals in 17 First Division appearances, and he managed 6 in 11 the following season.
By 1955, with Army duties completed, Keeble was back to his best, scoring 29 goals in 36 appearances during the 1955–56 season. One game against Huddersfield Town in November 1955 saw Keeble score four. He was the last surviving member of the team that beat Manchester City in the 1955 FA Cup Final, and has a road named after him in North Seaton, Ashington. The competition had seen Keeble score five goals in preceding rounds, and he wore Jackie Milburn's number 9 shirt in the Final (Milburn wore number 8).
An injury in 1956–57 saw Keeble lose his place in the team to Len White and the following season he played mainly for the reserve team. He left having scored 67 goals in his 120 League and FA Cup games for the club.