Keith Pring
Keith David Pring (11 March 1943 – 25 January 2018) was a Welsh professional footballer and Wales 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 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 Wales national football team, making his international debut on 1 December 1965 in place of the injured Gil Reece in a 4–2 defeat to Denmark.

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

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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