Keith David Pring (11 March 1943 – 25 January 2018) was a Welsh professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

and

Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...

international. As a winger, he began his career as an apprentice at Newport County and made his debut in 1961. He made 61

English Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional association football, football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in Association football around the world, the w ...

appearances for Newport, scoring 3 goals before joining Rotherham United in October 1964 for a fee of £10,000. Pring later moved on to Notts County F.C. and finished his career at Southport due to a bad leg break. Born in Newport,

Monmouthshire Monmouthshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South East Wales, south east of Wales. It borders Powys to the north; the English counties of Herefordshire and Gloucestershire to the north and east; the Severn Estuary to the s ...

, Pring attained 3 caps for the

Wales national football team The Wales national football team () represents Wales in international Association football, football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), the governing body for football in Wales. They have been a member of FIFA since ...

, making his international debut on 1 December 1965 in place of the injured Gil Reece in a 4–2 defeat to

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. Keith had a son Gareth born in Nottingham in 1968 and later a daughter Caroline born in Southport in 1975. Keith David Pring resided in Churchtown, Southport where he also had seven grandchildren: Emmy, Robert, Will, Max, Zac, Ashleigh and Sam, the latter two being the niece and nephew of former Everton and Chester star Stuart Rimmer. Pring's former club

Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional association football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. The team plays in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, after suffering relegation fr ...

confirmed they were saddened to learn about his death on Sunday evening.

References

* 1943 births 2018 deaths Footballers from Newport, Wales Welsh men's footballers Wales men's international footballers Newport County A.F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Notts County F.C. players Southport F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players English Football League players Men's association football wingers {{Wales-footy-forward-stub