John Keeling | |
Full Name: | John Hugh Keeling |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1925 |
Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Position: | Hooker |
Repyears1: | 1948 |
Repcaps1: | 2 |
Reppoints1: | 0 |
John Hugh Keeling (28 October 1925 – 13 February 2009) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
The son of a Shell oil worker, Keeling was born in Cairo, Egypt, and completed his second schooling in Grahamstown, South Africa. He studied for a degree in dentistry at Guy's Hospital in London.[2]
Keeling competed as a swimmer at the 1947 International University Games and the following year was capped twice for England in rugby union, playing as a hooker against the Wallabies and Wales.[2]
During his national service, Keeling was based in Berlin with the Royal Army Dental Corps.[2]
Keeling settled in Southern Rhodesia (later named Zimbabwe).[3]