Leroy Keane

Leroy Keane
Leroy Keane
	Leroy Keane
Born	June 26, 1937; Jamaica
Died	July 3, 2010; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Other names	Pops, Unclelee
Occupation(s)	Track and field coach
Known for	University of Nebraska (All-American), Jamaican national champion, athlete of olympian Herb Mckenley

Leroy Orville Barrington Keane (26 June 1937 – 3 July 2010) was a Jamaican National Champion and an All-American track and field athlete at the University of Nebraska. His son Martin Keane was a Canadian professional basketball player.

Born in Jamaica W.I., Keane attended Calabar High School between 1953 and 1956. In 1953, Keane broke the hurdles record in class two boys (Jamaica). At the 1957 British West Indies Championships, Keane placed 1st in the 400m hurdles for Jamaica. At the 1959 and 1960 British West Indies Championships, Keane placed in the top three, in the 110m Hurdles. Also, in the 1960 British West Indies Championships, Keane placed first in the Pentathlon.^[1]

Keane later moved to Toronto, Ontario Canada where he became a coach with the Phoenix track club. Later Keane formed his own track club called the Jamaican Canadian track club (Jacan track club).^[2]^[3]

In 2004, Keane was honoured with an award from the Calabar Old Boys Association (Canada chapter) for his community contributions.

Sources

^ British West Indies Championships
^ Passing of Leroy Orville Keane^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Pops Keane was ‘outstanding all-round athlete’ Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Jamaica Gleaner - Leroy Keane is dead

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[1] British West Indies Championships

[2] Passing of Leroy Orville Keane^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] Pops Keane was ‘outstanding all-round athlete’ Archived 2010-07-12 at the Wayback Machine

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