Doug Rudham
South African soccer player
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Keith Robert Rudham | ||
Date of birth | (1926-05-03)3 May 1926 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Date of death | 13 August 1991(1991-08-13) (aged 65)[1] | ||
Place of death | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1945–1951 | Marist Brothers | ||
1952–1954 | Germiston Callies | ||
1954 | Johannesburg Rangers | ||
1954–1960 | Liverpool | 63 | (0) |
1960–1962 | Johannesburg Ramblers | 44 | (0) |
1963–1965 | Johannesburg Wanderers | 3 | (0) |
1966–1967 | Jewish Guild | ? | (0) |
International career | |||
1953 | South Africa | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Doug Rudham (3 May 1926 – 13 August 1991) was a South African footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Liverpool F.C. in The Football League. Rudham signed for Liverpool after impressing their staff while he was on tour in England with the South African national team. Rudham became first-choice goalkeeper during the 1954–55 season, despite conceding nine goals in a defeat to Birmingham City F.C. The next seasons saw Rudham lose his place in the Liverpool goal following the arrival of Tommy Younger from Hibernian F.C. He made only six appearances during his next three seasons at the club and left in May 1960.[2]