fullname years death_place youthyears clubs caps goals position birth_date article_title name
robert keith bryan hird -- 1957 -- 1963 1963 -- 1964 -- newcastle upon tyne , deathcert england -- sunderland darlington annfield plain 1 17 0 0 goalkeeper 25 november 1939 keith hird
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keith hird

robert keith bryan hird -lrb- 25 november 1939 -- 1967 -rrb- , known as keith hird , was an english footballer who played in the football league as a goalkeeper for sunderland and darlington .
he also played non-league football for annfield plain .
hird was born in annfield plain , county durham , and played for his hometown club before joining sunderland in 1957 .
his only first-team appearance was in the last match of the 1960 -- 61 football league season -- replacing the previously ever-present peter wakeham -- in a 1 -- 1 draw away to liverpool in the second division .
he left the club in 1963 , played 17 fourth division matches in his only season with darlington , and returned to annfield plain .
hird died in 1967 at the age of 27 .
