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- ↑ Keith Fairbrother player profile Scrum.com
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Keith Fairbrother (born 8 May 1944) [1] is a former Chairman and rugby union player of Coventry R.F.C.
He also played for England national team as a prop. He was bought out as Chairman of Coventry R.F.C. in August 2006 by Andrew Green, though he retained the lease to part of the Butts Park Arena site. He had been chairman for eight years. He took over the club after it had gone into receivership in 1998.
In 1974 he switched codes to play for Leigh (Heritage № 847).
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