Kevin Keelan

Kevin Keelan
MBE
Personal information
Full name Kevin Damien Keelan
Date of birth (1941-01-05) 5 January 1941 (age 83)
Place of birth Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1956–1958 Kidderminster Harriers
1958–1960 Aston Villa
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1960–1961 Aston Villa 5 (0)
1961 Stockport County 3 (0)
1961–1962 Kidderminster Harriers
1962–1963 Wrexham 68 (0)
1963–1980 Norwich City 571 (0)
1978–1979New England Tea Men (loan) 54 (0)
1980 New England Tea Men 29 (0)
1980–1981 Jacksonville Tea Men (indoor) 13 (0)
1981 Tampa Bay Rowdies 18 (0)
Total 753 (0)
Managerial career
1981–1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies (assistant)
1982 Tampa Bay Rowdies (interim)
1991– University of Tampa (assistant)
1997 Tampa Bay Mutiny (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Damien Keelan MBE (born 5 January 1941) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent the majority of his career with Norwich City, though he also played for Aston Villa, Stockport County, Wrexham, New England Tea Men and Tampa Bay Rowdies.

Keelan was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1980 Birthday Honours "for services to Norwich City Football Club."[1]

  1. ^ UK: "No. 48212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 13 June 1980. p. 15.