George Keeton

George Haydn Keeton was a rugby union player for Leicester Tigers, Richmond and an English international rugby union player.

Biography

Born in Peterborough, Keeton was the son of Peterborough Cathedral organist Haydn Keeton.
Keeton attended Oakham School in Rutland, followed by further studies at Emmanuel [College, Cambridge], where he took first class honours and was a two-time Cambridge rugby blue. Keeton played club rugby for Leicester Tigers, making his debut on 12 February 1896 against Bedford School he was a regular in the first team by the end of 1898. He played intermittently after 1900, but featured for Leicester on 1 January & 2 January 1904 on the club's north-eastern tour and again on 16 January 1904 against Gloucester either side of his debut. Keeton gained three England national [rugby union team|England] caps as a hooker in 1904, his other clubs at the time were Edinburgh Wanderers, having moved to Scotland to work as a master at Fettes College, and Richmond.
Between 1914 and 1939, Keeton served as the headmaster of Reading School.
Keeton's daughter Diana married historian Nicholas Mansergh.