Player #479
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1959-60
1960-61
Retired
Kevin Keelan
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1960 🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #479 |
Season :
1959-60 | 1960-61 |
Age :
18 | 19 |
Division :
D2 | D1 |
Squad # :
# | # |
Appearances :
3 | 2 |
Starts :
3 | 2 |
Substitute :
3 | 0 |
Unused :
0 | 0 |
Goals :
0 | 0 |
Assists :
0 | 0 |
Involvements :
0 | 0 |
Games / Goal :
0.00 | 0.00 |
Bookings :
0 | 0 |
Sendings Off :
0 | 0 |
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
Kevin Damien Keelan
Birth Date
5 January 1941
Birth Place
Calcutta
Birth Country
India
🇮🇳
Citizenship
🏴
England
Villa Youth
1958-60 Aston Villa Youth
Previous Teams (incl. Youth)
St. Ambrose Roman Catholic School
Carpet Traders FC
1958-60 Aston Villa Youth & Reserves
Football League First Division, Second Division
Original Transfer
Aged
17
From
Aston Villa Youth
For
Youth
On
July 1958
Under
Eric Houghton 🏴
Returning Transfer 1
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Returning Transfer 2
Aged
n/a
From
n/a
For
n/a
On
n/a
Under
n/a
Transfer Notes
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out 1
Aged
To
For
On
Under
20
Stockport County
Free
April 1961
Joe Mercer 🏴
Transfer Out 2
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Transfer Out 3
Aged
To
For
On
Under
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Subsequent Clubs
1961 Stockport County
Football League Fourth Division
🕒 3 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1961-62 Kidderminster Harriers
Birmingham & District League
1962-63 Wrexham
Football League Third Division
🕒 68 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1963-80 Norwich City
Football League Second Division, First Division
🕒 571 | 571 0 (0) | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1978-79 New England Tea Men, Loan
NASL
🕒 54 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1980 New England Tea Men
NASL
🕒 29 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies
NASL
🕒 18 | ⚽ 0 | (League)
1981 Retired aged 40
Kevin Keelan
Villa Career
1960 | Youth |
Football League First Division,
🕒 5 | ⚽ 0 | 🔥 0 | #479 |
🕒 Games | Starts (Subs) | ⚽ Goals | 🔥 Assists | 🇺 Unused | Player Number |
Played Under
Joe Mercer 🏴 1960
Promoted to First Team Squad
In
March 1960
Under
Joe Mercer 🏴
First Squad
5 March 1960
Manager
Joe Mercer 🏴
Debut
Season
Date
Match
Age
Manager
1959-60
5 March 1960
Middlesbrough (a), Division Two
19
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Appearance
Season
Date
Match
Aged
Manager
1960-61
1 October 1960
Leicester City (h), Division One
19
Joe Mercer 🏴
Final Squad
1 October 1960
Manager
Joe Mercer 🏴
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Record
National Team
Not selected
Years | Caps | Starts (Sub) | Goals |
Not selected
Caps with Villa
Kevin Keelan
Player #478 for Aston Villa, Kevin Damien Keelan, known as Kevin Keelan, played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Kevin played for Villa in 1959-60 and 1960-61 making 5 appearances.
Kevin was born in Calcutta, India, 5,808 miles from Villa Park, on 25 January 1941 and made his debut appearance for Villa on Saturday, 5 March 1960 aged just 19.
Kevin was the 57th custodian of the Villa goal in League & Cup football.
Villa had signed Kevin from Carpet Traders FC in 1957 and he made three appearances, conceding 3 goals, as Villa took the Second Division Championship and won promotion back to Division One at the first attempt.
The following season, Kevin made 2 appearances in the first division conceding 8 times and played his final game for Villa on Saturday, 1 October 1960 before moving on to Stockport County in April 1961.
As a result Kevin had conceded 11 over his 5 games at a rate of 2.20 goals per game.
Later in his career Kevin went on to become Norwich City’s first team appearance record holder with 673 appearances between 1963 and 1980.
Kevin had played under manager Joe Mercer.