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Retired English footballer and manager Kevin Keegan dies at 75

Kevin Keegan

Former English footballer and manager Kevin Keegan.

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • One of English football's most charismatic figures, Keegan was the Ballon d'Or winner in 1978 and 1979.
  • He scored 21 goals in 63 appearances for England between 1972 and 1982, captaining the side 31 times.

Former England captain and manager Kevin Keegan has died at the age of 75, his former club Newcastle United said on Monday.

Keegan's family and Newcastle announced in January that the two-time European Footballer of the Year was undergoing cancer treatment, without disclosing details of his illness. In June, Keegan revealed he had stage four cancer.