| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael Thomas Keen | ||
| Date of birth | (1940-03-19)19 March 1940 | ||
| Place of birth | High Wycombe, England | ||
| Date of death | 12 April 2009(2009-04-12) (aged 69) | ||
| Place of death | Flackwell Heath, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1969 | Queens Park Rangers | 393 | (39) |
| 1969–1972 | Luton Town | 144 | (11) |
| 1972–1975 | Watford | 126 | (5) |
| Total | 663 | (56) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1973–1977 | Watford | ||
| 1978–1979 | Northampton Town | ||
| 1980–1984 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 1985–1989 | Marlow | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Michael Thomas Keen (19 March 1940 – 12 April 2009) was an Englishfootballer who played during the 1960s and 1970s. He was the father of formerWest Ham United andStoke City playerKevin Keen.
Keen started his career atQueens Park Rangers, making his debut in 1959 againstYork City. He went on to play 393 league games and scored 39 goals for the club.
Keen was the captain of the QPR side that won theLeague Cup andThird Division title in1966–67. He captained theFA tour of Australia in 1971. He scored six goals as they won all nine of their games, two againstAustralia and seven against state sides. He played forLuton Town from 1969 to 1972 until he was transferred toWatford.
He was appointed player-manager ofWatford in 1973. He was sacked in 1977 shortly before a home game withHuddersfield Town, but was on the touchline during the game, which Watford won 2–0 despite having two playerssent off.
He later moved into full-time management withNorthampton Town, between 1978 and 1979, followed by his hometown club,Wycombe Wanderers, between January 1980 and 1984, leading them to the semi-final of theFA Trophy in1981–82, then to theIsthmian League title in1982–83. He went on to manage Marlow.
Keen ran two sports shops in High Wycombe. In the mid 1970s he owned "Keen and Busbys" jointly withViv andMartyn Busby. The shop was located on Oxford Road in High Wycombe. In the early 1980s his shop "Mike Keen Sports" opened in the Octagon Shopping Centre. Mike supplied a great many local youth football teams with their playing kit throughout the 1980s and 1990s.
Mike died after a short illness, aged 69, on 12 April 2009.[2]