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

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and

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

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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, Pring attained 3 caps for the

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

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. 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

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

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