Keith Newton (footballer)

This article is about the footballer. For the ordinary and former bishop, see Keith Newton (prelate).

Keith Newton

Newton at the 1970 FIFA World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Keith Robert Newton
Date of birth	(1941-06-23)23 June 1941
Place of birth	Manchester, England
Date of death	16 June 1998(1998-06-16) (aged 56)
Place of death	Blackburn, England
Position(s)	Full-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1959?–1969	Blackburn Rovers	306	(8)
1969–1972	Everton	47	(1)
1972–1978	Burnley	209	(5)
Total		562	(14)
International career
1966–1970	England	27	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998) was an English footballer who played as a full-back in The Football League in the 1960s and 1970s. He made 27 appearances for the England national team.

Club career

Newton was born in Manchester. He started his career with Blackburn Rovers and first played a League game in the 1960–61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club.

He transferred to Everton in December 1969 and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969–70 season, in which Everton won the Football League First Division.

Newton moved to Burnley for the 1972–73 season, making his league debut on 12 August 1972 against Carlisle United. He made a total of 209 league appearances for Burnley, his last coming in the 1977–78 season.

International career

Newton made his international debut for England against West Germany in February 1966. He went on to play 27 times for England, including three games at the 1970 World Cup Finals, where, through injury, he gained the distinction of becoming the first England player to be substituted at a World Cup, being replaced by Tommy Wright six minutes into the second half of England's opening match against Romania in Guadalajara. Newton also assisted in both England goals in the Quarter-Final defeat to West Germany.