About Tom Keetley
Lived 1898 – 1958 (aged 59). Tom Keetley was a British association football player.
Thomas Keetley (16 November 1898 – 18 August 1958) was an English professional footballer who played as a centre forward. He scored 284 Football League goals between 1919 and 1934. In 1923–24 he first played league football for Doncaster Rovers, he moved to Notts County for £750, where he scored his first hat-trick for the club on his debut, in a 3–1 win against Bristol City on 30 August 1929. Keetley scored 39 league goals for Notts during the 1930–31 season, a record that would stand for 92 years until surpassed by Macaulay Langstaff in 2023. He left Notts in 1933 to join Lincoln City, having scored 94 goals in 103 league appearances and four goals in seven FA Cup ties.
He played just ten games for Lincoln in 1934 before briefly moving onto non-League Gresley Rovers in 1934, and then Heanor Town.
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Who was Tom Keetley?
English footballer (1898-1958)
When was Tom Keetley born?
Tom Keetley was born on 16 November 1898 in Derby.
When did Tom Keetley die?
Tom Keetley died on 19 August 1958 in Derby.
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Tom Keetley was an association football player.
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Tom Keetley was British.
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