Full name | Brian Warwick Keen | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 June 1944 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bury St Edmunds, England | ||||||||||||||||
School | The Thomas Hardye School | ||||||||||||||||
University | Newcastle University | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Brian Warwick Keen (born 1 June 1944) is an English former international rugby union player.
Keen was born in Bury St Edmunds and attended The Thomas Hardye School.[1]
While a fourth-year student at Newcastle University, Keen was capped four times for England across the 1968 Five Nations, as a loose-head prop. He also represented Northumberland.[2]
Keen had several seasons with Moseley, then had to step away from rugby for two years due to business commitments, with his work taking him to Brazil. He returned to the sport in 1972 to play for Newcastle club Northern and later competed with Bedford, winning a RFU Knockout Cup title in 1974–75.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Keen can't believe he's in". The Journal. 9 January 1968.
- ^ "Brian Keen and Roger Bowen to join Moseley". The Birmingham Post. 24 December 1968.
- ^ "Keen type Keen". The Guardian. 6 October 1972.
External links
- Brian Keen at ESPNscrum
- 1944 births
- Living people
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union props
- Rugby union players from Suffolk
- Sportspeople from Bury St Edmunds
- People educated at Hardye's School
- Alumni of Newcastle University
- Northumberland RFU players
- Birmingham Moseley Rugby players
- Northern Football Club players
- Bedford Blues players