Keith Robert Newton (23 June 1941 – 16 June 1998) was an English international

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who played as a defender in

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in the 1960s and 1970s. Newton was born in

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. He started his career with

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and first played a League game in the 1960–61 season. Newton went on to play over 300 games for the club. He transferred to Everton in December 1969 and made 12 appearances for them in the latter half of the 1969–70 season, in which Everton won the Football League First Division. Newton moved to

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for the 1972–73 season, making his league debut on 12 August 1972 against Carlisle United. He made a total of 209 league appearances for Burnley, his last coming in the 1977–78 season.

International career

Newton made his international debut for

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against

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in February 1966. He went on to play 27 times for England, including three games at the 1970 World Cup Finals, where, through injury, he gained the distinction of becoming the first England player to be substituted at a World Cup, being replaced by Tommy Wright six minutes into the second half of England's opening match against

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in Guadalajara. Newton also assisted in both England goals in the Quarter-Final defeat to West Germany.

References

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