Harry Keggans Explained

Harry Keggans
Fullname:Henry Keggans
Birth Date:4 December 1887[1]
Birth Place:Cambuslang, Scotland
Death Date:[2]
Death Place:Sanquhar, Scotland
Position:Inside right
Clubs1:Sanquhar
Years2:1911–1912
Clubs2:Bradford City
Caps2:1
Goals2:0
Clubs3:Cardiff City

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]

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Notes and References

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