“At one point, he was told he’d have to take a math course — Bob really hated math — and ended up taking French. It was the craziest thing; he’d be walking around the house speaking French. He was so funny.”

Mr. Kehoe would spend the next 10 years teaching and coaching soccer at Granite City North High. He also worked as director of coaching for the Busch Soccer Club and as a commentator for the St. Louis Steamers.

“Somehow, Bob’s life always seemed to come back to soccer,” Jane said.

Mr. Kehoe was voted into the St. Louis Soccer Hall of Fame in 1983 and into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1989. He was named to the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1989 and inducted into the St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.

“He’ll be missed,” McBride said. “But Bob jammed an awful lot of life into his 89 years.”

Instead of a memorial service, there will be a celebration of his life at the Soccer Park in Fenton in the next month or so.

“The last thing Bob would’ve wanted was to have everybody grieving over him,” said Jane, noting that Mr. Kehoe has four adult children from his first marriage. “That last few weeks were tough, but Bob had come to peace with things and I almost consider the end to be a blessing at this point. We’ll give it a little time for everyone to do their grieving and then we’ll come together so that his family and friends can share stories and remember all the good times they had with Bob.”

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