Keith Rutter

Keith Gregg Rutter (10 September 1931 – 24 June 2021) was an English professional footballer who made 402 appearances in the Football League playing as a centre half for Queens Park Rangers and Colchester United.^[1][2]

Keith Rutter

Personal information
Date of birth	(1931-09-10)10 September 1931
Place of birth	Leeds, England
Date of death	24 June 2021(2021-06-24) (aged 89)
Place of death	Axminster, Devon, England
Position(s)	Centre half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Methley United
1954–1962	Queens Park Rangers	339	(1)
1962–1964	Colchester United	63	(0)
1964–1965	Romford	19	(0)
1965–1966	Ashford Town	46	(0)
	Hastings United
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rutter was born in Leeds on 10 September 1931.^[3] He was a reliable defender, who made his QPR debut in August 1954 against Southend United and went on to play 339 league games, scoring 1 goal. He was ever present for three seasons.^{[citation needed]}

He went on to play non-league football with Romford and Ashford Town (where he was a league ever-present in the 1965–1966 season),^[4] before ending his career as player-manager of Hastings United.^[5]

Rutter died on 24 June 2021, at the age of 89.^[6][3][7]