About Keith Rutter
Lived 1934 – 2021 (aged 86). Keith Rutter was a British association football player.
Keith Gregg Rutter (10 September 1931 – 24 June 2021) was an English professional footballer who made 402 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Queens Park Rangers and Colchester United.
Rutter was born in Leeds on 10 September 1931. He was a reliable defender, who made his QPR debut in August 1954 against Southend United and went on to play 339 league games, scoring 1 goal. He was ever present for three seasons.
He went on to play non-league football with Romford and Ashford Town (where he was a league ever-present in the 1965–1966 season), before ending his career as player-manager of Hastings United.
Rutter died on 24 June 2021, at the age of 89.
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Who was Keith Rutter?
footballer (born 1934)
When was Keith Rutter born?
Keith Rutter was born on 10 September 1934 in Leeds.
When did Keith Rutter die?
Keith Rutter died on 24 June 2021.
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Keith Rutter was an association football player.
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Keith Rutter was British.
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