| Keith Bannister | |
| Position: | Wing half |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1930 |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, England |
| Death Place: | Gloucestershire, England |
| Youthyears1: | 1948–1950 |
| Youthclubs1: | Sheffield United |
| Years1: | 1948–1950 |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 1950–1954 |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1954–1955 |
| Clubs3: | King's Lynn |
| Years4: | 1955 |
| Clubs4: | Wrexham |
| Caps4: | 14 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 1955–1956 |
| Clubs5: | Chesterfield |
| Caps5: | 21 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Years6: | 1956–1957 |
| Clubs6: | Norwich City |
| Caps6: | 7 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 1957–1958 |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 1958–195? |
| Clubs8: | King's Lynn |
| Years9: | 195?–1959 |
| Clubs9: | Worksop Town |
| Years10: | 1959–196? |
| Clubs10: | Matlock Town |
Keith Bannister (13 November 1930 – August 2016) was an English professional footballer who made 64 appearances in the Football League representing Birmingham City, Wrexham, Chesterfield and Norwich City.[1] He played as a wing half.
Bannister was born in Sheffield. He was capped at youth level by England, played as a junior with Sheffield United and turned professional in 1948,[2] but never played for the club in the Football League.[1] He joined Birmingham City in August 1950, but National Service obligations delayed his debut until 29 November 1952, when he deputised for club captain Len Boyd in a home game against Nottingham Forest which Birmingham lost 5–0.[2] [3] He had a run of games in the second half of the season replacing the injured Roy Warhurst, and a few more at the start of the 1953–54 season, but was unable to dislodge either player from the starting eleven.[3]
In August 1954 Bannister left for King's Lynn of the Midland League.[2] After one season he returned to the Football League with Wrexham, six months later moved to Chesterfield, and after a further six months signed for Norwich City, but he was unable to establish himself as a first-team player. In the 1957 close season he dropped back into non-League football with Peterborough United, for whom he played one Midland League and one FA Cup match,[4] and went on to play for King's Lynn,[2] Worksop Town, and Matlock Town. In the 1959–60 season, Bannister, by now playing as a centre-half, captained Matlock through four rounds of qualifying to reach the first round proper of the FA Cup for the first time in the club's history,[5] [6] and contributed to their championship of the Central Alliance League, Division One North.[7]
Bannister died in Gloucestershire in August 2016 at the age of 85.