Harry Keggans

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

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
Playing position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sanquhar
1911–1912 Bradford City 1 (0)
Cardiff City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

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

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

References

  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)". Retrieved 27 July 2017.


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