George Keeton | |
Full Name: | George Haydn Keeton |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1878 |
Birth Place: | Peterborough, England |
Death Place: | Menton, England |
Occupation: | Schoolmaster |
School: | Oakham School |
University: | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Relatives: | Haydn Keeton (father) Martin Mansergh (grandson) |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1904 |
Repcaps1: | 3 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
George Haydn Keeton (13 October 1878 – 7 January 1949) was 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. A two-time Cambridge rugby blue, Keeton gained three England caps as a hooker in 1904. He was selected via Edinburgh Wanderers, having moved to Scotland to work as a master at Fettes College.[2]
Between 1914 and 1939, Keeton served as the headmaster of Reading School.[3]
Keeton's daughter Diana married historian Nicholas Mansergh.[4]