Ray Keogh

Biography

Raphael Keogh was an Irish footballer, widely regarded as being the first black player in the League of Ireland. Raised in the south Dublin suburb of Milltown, Keogh initially played schoolboy football with Castleville and Home Farm before joining local League of Ireland side Shamrock Rovers. Making his senior football debut in 1959, Keogh would go on to play for, among others, Drumcondra, Ards, Drogheda and Cork Hibernians.

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