Keith Burhouse : Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:21 am  

This was posted on the Giants part of the website-
As a tribute to the great Keith Burhouse we at the fanzine have tried to get everyone to know about this. On the 68th minute we ask all fans at the game chant 'Theirs only one Keith Burhouse' for the 3 minutes! This represents the age he passed away and the 3 decades of work he put into the Giants. Make sure you tell everyone at the game about this as we want a fitting tribute for the man with Claret and Gold blood!

Re: Keith Burhouse : Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:35 am  

For those bulls fans among you who don't know who Keith is let me tell you a bit about the man who kept our club going when our club was going through similar difficulties to yours.
Keith was a lifelong fartown supporter and associate director who along with other members of his family probably single handedly saved the club from extinction in the 1980's. He initially answered an appeal for help to get the Fartown stadium ready to stage a John Player Trophy semi-final-, he was a structural engineer and offered his services- he was the only one who turned up to help. He reroofed and rewired fartown following the new regulations after the Bradford fire. He drove the team bus, alongside his father maintained the grounds, his wife did the catering his sons manned the scoreboard and anything else he and his family needed to do to ensure the club kept going after the then owners stepped down until the new board of directors took over in 1989.

He was curator at the RL heritage centre at the George Hotel and anyone who has been to see the collection of rugby memorabilia and spoken to him there would recognise his great knowledge and love of the game. He catalogued and preserved all that memorabilia for safe keeping when the George hotel recently closed.

Keith was just this January inducted onto the rugby league roll of honour for his services to rugby league.

Re: Keith Burhouse : Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:19 am  

Sad news jools, I knew Keith! A thoroughly nice fellow who is a great loss to the game as well as your club. Our sympathy to his family and your club.

Re: Keith Burhouse : Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:49 pm  

jools wrote:

For those bulls fans among you who don't know who Keith is let me tell you a bit about the man who kept our club going when our club was going through similar difficulties to yours.
Keith was a lifelong fartown supporter and associate director who along with other members of his family probably single handedly saved the club from extinction in the 1980's. He initially answered an appeal for help to get the Fartown stadium ready to stage a John Player Trophy semi-final-, he was a structural engineer and offered his services- he was the only one who turned up to help. He reroofed and rewired fartown following the new regulations after the Bradford fire. He drove the team bus, alongside his father maintained the grounds, his wife did the catering his sons manned the scoreboard and anything else he and his family needed to do to ensure the club kept going after the then owners stepped down until the new board of directors took over in 1989.

He was curator at the RL heritage centre at the George Hotel and anyone who has been to see the collection of rugby memorabilia and spoken to him there would recognise his great knowledge and love of the game. He catalogued and preserved all that memorabilia for safe keeping when the George hotel recently closed.

Keith was just this January inducted onto the rugby league roll of honour for his services to rugby league.

Sounds a great guy in the RL family - RIP

Re: Keith Burhouse : Thu Mar 13, 2014 1:57 pm  

FeeFiFoFum wrote:

This was posted on the Giants part of the website-
As a tribute to the great Keith Burhouse we at the fanzine have tried to get everyone to know about this. On the 68th minute we ask all fans at the game chant 'Theirs only one Keith Burhouse' for the 3 minutes! This represents the age he passed away and the 3 decades of work he put into the Giants. Make sure you tell everyone at the game about this as we want a fitting tribute for the man with Claret and Gold blood!

RIP to Mr Burhouse.

If you want this acknowlegded at the game on Sunday, rather than a small smattering of chanting on a particular minute (it might only be small due to most people in attendance wont know whats going on) why not get in touch with the Bulls and ask for a minutes silence before the game? Im sure it would be impecably observed.