Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998) was an English professional 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.
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. Newton also assisted in both England goals in the Quarter-Final defeat to West Germany.
Personal life
Newton, who lived latterly at Wilpshire near Blackburn, had trained as an engineer after attending Didsbury Technical School in Manchester. He later ran a newsagents in Blackburn and was then employed as a sales executive by two motor dealerships in the same town. He died of cancer aged 56 at Blackburn Hospice in June 1998. He left a widow Barbara and one son.
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!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|FA Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Other
!colspan="2"|Total
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|rowspan="11"|Blackburn Rovers
|1960–61
|First Division
|8||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||9||0
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|1961–62
|First Division
|41||0||5||0||8||0||colspan="2"|—||54||0
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|1962–63
|First Division
|41||0||2||0||5||0||colspan="2"|—||48||0
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|1963–64
|First Division
|31||0||2||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||34||0
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|1964–65
|First Division
|37||1||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||42||1
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|1965–66
|First Division
|32||1||6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||39||1
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|1966–67
|Second Division
|33||1||1||0||2||1||colspan="2"|—||36||2
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|1967–68
|Second Division
|34||4||1||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||38||4
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|1968–69
|Second Division
|32||1||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||37||1
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|1969–70
|Second Division
|17||1||0||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||20||1
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!colspan="2"|Total
!306!!9!!21!!0!!30!!1!!0!!0!!357!!10
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|rowspan="4"|Everton
|1969–70
|First Division
|12||0||1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||13||0
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|1970–71
|First Division
|22||1||1||0||0||0||6||0||29||1
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|1971–72
|First Division
|15||0||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||16||0
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!colspan="2"|Total
!49!!1!!2!!0!!1!!0!!6!!0!!58!!1
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|rowspan="7"|Burnley
|1972–73
|Second Division
|42||1||2||0||1||0||2||0||47||1
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|1973–74
|First Division
|39||1||5||0||2||0||8||0||54||1
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|1974–75
|First Division
|39||1||1||0||3||1||colspan="2"|—||43||2
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|1975–76
|First Division
|41||2||1||0||4||0||colspan="2"|—||46||2
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|1976–77
|Second Division
|30||1||3||0||1||0||3||0||37||1
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|1977–78
|Second Division
|18||0||1||0||3||0||3||0||25||0
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!colspan="2"|Total
!209!!5!!13!!1!!14!!1!!16!!0!!252!!7
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!colspan="3"|Career total
!564!!15!!36!!1!!45!!2!!22!!0!!667!!18
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International
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
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!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
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|rowspan="5"|England
|1966||2||0
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|1967||3||0
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|1968||7||0
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|1969||7||0
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|1970||8||0
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!colspan="2"|Total!!27!!0
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Honours
Blackburn Rovers
- FA Youth Cup: 1958–59
- FA Charity Shield: 1970
Burnley
- FA Charity Shield: 1973
- Second Division: 1972–73