[citation needed] He went to Mount Douglas Secondary School[2] from 1981 to 1983, where he played on a soccer team with notable teammates Jeff Mallett and John Hughes.
[2] In 1986, he was the recipient of a heart transplant, the donor being 17 year old Jonathan Edward, from Newport, Wales, who had died while playing soccer.
Keith won numerous awards at UNLV including the Student-Athlete of the Conference and USA's Most Courageous Athlete.
Keith also played professionally for the Victoria Vistas, the Winnipeg Fury and Montreal Supra of the Canadian Soccer League.
[9] At the age of 50 he said: Within me beats the heart of an incredible young Welsh athlete, whose loss of life enabled me to live mine.
In partnership with the Southern Nevada Sports Hall of Fame, The Simon Keith Foundation will award a scholarship to a graduating high school senior whose life has been affected by organ donation or transplantation.
Keith was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2022 "for his inspirational advocacy of organ donation and for his dedicated support for transplant recipients.