Harry Keggans

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Harry Keggans
Personal information
Full name Henry Keggans
Date of birth 4 December 1887[1]
Place of birth Cambuslang, Scotland
Date of death 20 August 1949(1949-08-20) (aged 61)[2]
Place of death Sanquhar, Scotland
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sanquhar
1911–1912 Bradford City 1 (0)
Cardiff City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Harry Keggans (4 December 1887 – 20 August 1949) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an inside right.

Keggans was born in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire to Henry Keggans and Elizabeth McSephney Keggans, and moved to New Cumnock, Ayrshire shortly afterward.[3] Keggans signed for Bradford City in October 1911 from Sanquhar, leaving the club in August 1912 to play for Cardiff City.[4] During his time with Bradford City he made one appearance in the Football League.[5]

He died of coronary thrombosis in 1949.[6]

Sources[edit]

  • Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Certificate available at https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk (payment required)
  2. ^ England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016
  3. ^ 1891 Scotland Census
  4. ^ Frost, p. 400
  5. ^ Frost, p. 384
  6. ^ "1949 Keggans, Henry (Statutory Deaths 848/00 00 18)". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.