Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 â 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.
Newton was born in Manchester. He started his career with Blackburn Rovers and first played a League game in the 1960âÂÂ61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club.
He transferred to Everton in December 1969 for ã100,000, which was a record for a defender at the time, and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969âÂÂ70 season, in which Everton won the Football League First Division.
Newton moved to Burnley for the 1972âÂÂ73 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 1977âÂÂ78 season.
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.
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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