George Keeton
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| Full name | George Haydn Keeton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 13 October 1878 Peterborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1949 (aged 70) Menton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Oakham School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Emmanuel College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Haydn Keeton (father) Nicholas Mansergh (son-in-law) Martin Mansergh (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Schoolmaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Haydn Keeton (13 October 1878 – 7 January 1949) was a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers, Richmond and an English international rugby union player.
Born in Peterborough, Keeton was the son of Peterborough Cathedral organist Haydn Keeton.[1]
Keeton attended Oakham School in Rutland, followed by further studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he took first class honours and was a two-time Cambridge rugby blue. Keeton played club rugby for Leicester Tigers, making his debut on 12 February 1896 against Bedford School he was a regular in the first team by the end of 1898. He played intermittently after 1900, but featured for Leicester on 1 January & 2 January 1904 on the club's north-eastern tour and again on 16 January 1904 against Gloucester either side of his England debut.[2] Keeton gained three England caps as a hooker in 1904, his other clubs at the time were Edinburgh Wanderers, having moved to Scotland to work as a master at Fettes College, and Richmond.[3]
Between 1914 and 1939, Keeton served as the headmaster of Reading School.[4]
Keeton's daughter Diana married historian Nicholas Mansergh.[5]