prompted Jackie Milburn to once comment: "Vic scored so many goals with his nut that I swear he had studs in his forehead". His tendency to score goals with his head, rather than his feet, also earned him the moniker 'Feeble Keeble' while at Newcastle. West Ham teammate Malcolm Pyke, discussing Keeble in later life, pointed to some of his other attributes: "Ted Fenton bought Vic Keeble from Newcastle because he thought he could be good in the air, which he was. But what he didn't recognise was what a good target man Vic was. We could play balls from defence into Vic Keeble and he would hold them in to himself or knock them off. He brought Jackie Dick into the play a lot more, got more out of Jackie Dick, and made more use of the wingers in terms of crosses". After football After retirement, Keeble moved back to north Essex and worked as a football reporter. He remained active, winning medals in local table tennis competitions in the late 1960s. He later returned to Colchester United as commercial manager. In the late 1970s, he joined Chelmsford City, initially working as an administrator. He went on to become the club's general manager and secretary. His son, Chris Keeble, also played professionally for Colchester United. He died in January 2018, at the age of 87, by which time he was the last surviving member of Newcastle's FA Cup winning sides of the 1950s. Career statistics Honours Club Colchester United Southern Football League Runner-up (1): 1949–50 Southern Football League Cup Winner (1): 1949–50 Southern Football League Cup Runner-up (2): 1947–48, 1948–49 Newcastle United FA Cup Winner (1): 1954–55 West Ham United Football League Second Division Winner (1): 1957–58 Individual Colchester United Hall of Fame inductee: 2007–08 References External links Vic Keeble at toon1892.com Vic Keeble at Spartacus Educational 1930 births 2018 deaths People educated at Colchester Royal Grammar School Sportspeople from Colchester English footballers Association football forwards Arsenal F.C. players Colchester United F.C. players Newcastle United F.C. players West Ham United F.C. players Southern Football League players Southern Football League representative players English Football League players Colchester United F.C. non-playing staff English sports journalists FA Cup Final players Chelmsford City F.C. non-playing staff