Keith Jones

Keith Jones (23 October 1928 – 25 August 2007) was a Welsh international footballer. A goalkeeper, he made 295 league appearances in a 13-year career in the Football League and won one cap for Wales in 1949.

He spent May 1946 to July 1957 at Aston Villa and made 199 appearances in all competitions, though he was usually the club's second-choice goalkeeper. He was sold to Port Vale for £3,500 and helped the "Valiants" to win the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He moved on to Crewe Alexandra in April 1959 before leaving the club the following year.

Club career Jones played for Stourport Swifts, West Bromwich Albion, and Kidderminster Harriers, before signing with Aston Villa in May 1946. As Joe Rutherford's understudy, he did not feature in 1946–47, but made 19 appearances in 1947–48, as the "Villans" posted a sixth-place finish in the First Division. He played 13 games in 1948–49 and ten games in 1949–50 as Villa finished 10th and 12th in manager Alex Massie's last seasons in charge. He went straight into the first-team, ahead of back-up 'keeper John Poole, and made 46 appearances in 1957–58, the last ever season of Third Division South football.

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Honours Port Vale Football League Fourth Division: 1958–59