A strong, powerful half-back, Jack Keenan came to Burnley from Clitheroe, his home-town club, in 1884 and quickly established himself in a team consisting almost entirely of Scots.
Keenan was a regular in his early days at Turf Moor and his consistency brought him to the fringe of international honours.
[1] Jack Keenan made his League debut on 8 September 1888, playing at wing-half, at Deepdale, home of Preston North End who defeated Burnley 5–2.
As a wing-half he played in a Burnley midfield that achieved big (three-League-goals-or-more) wins on two separate occasions.
This biographical article related to association football in England, about a defender born in the 1860s, is a stub.