Keith Hird

Keith Hird
Personal information
Full name Robert Keith Bryan Hird
Date of birth (1939-11-25)25 November 1939
Place of birth Annfield Plain, England
Date of death September 1967(1967-09-00) (aged 27)
Place of death Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Annfield Plain
1957–1963 Sunderland 1 (0)
1963–1964 Darlington 17 (0)
– Annfield Plain
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Robert Keith Bryan Hird (25 November 1939 – September 1967), known as Keith Hird, was an English footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Sunderland and Darlington. He also played non-league football for Annfield Plain.

Hird was born in Annfield Plain, County Durham, and played for his hometown club before joining Sunderland in 1957. His only first-team appearance was in the last match of the 1960–61 Football League season – replacing the previously ever-present Peter Wakeham – in a 1–1 draw HOME to Liverpool in the Second Division. He left the club in 1963, played 17 Fourth Division matches in his only season with Darlington, and returned to Annfield Plain. In September 1967, Hird went missing; he was found drowned in the River Tyne on 6 September. His death was ruled a suicide.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Hird's death was registered in the third quarter of 1992, in the Newcastle upon Tyne registration district.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (1998). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–1998. Queen Anne Press. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-85291-585-8.
  2. ↑ "England & Wales deaths 1837–2007 Transcription". Robert K B Hird. District: Newcastle upon Tyne. County: Northumberland. Volume: 1B. Page: 47. Retrieved 10 September 2014 – via Findmypast.
  3. ↑ "Newcastle upon Tyne registration district". UKBMD. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Keith Hird". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "1960–61: Football League Division 2 – Match 42". The Statcat. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "ALS One-hit Wonders XI". A Love Supreme. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Ex-goalkeeper's suicide". Daily Post. 9 September 1967. p. 3. Retrieved 11 February 2024.