James Bennett (Scottish footballer)
Scottish footballer (1891–1955)
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James Bryce Bennett (28 May 1891 – 24 October 1955) was a Scottish amateur footballer who played as an outside forward in the Scottish League for Queen's Park.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Bryce Bennett[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 28 May 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Rutherglen, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 October 1955 (aged 64)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Hillhead, Scotland[2] | ||
| Position | Outside forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1910–1914 | Queen's Park | 6 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Bennett's older brother Alec[3] was also a footballer who won League championships with both Celtic and Rangers, and was a Scottish international. Their father Robert was a master draper and amateur poet of some local esteem whose portrait is on display in a Hamilton museum.[4]
In November 1914, three months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Bennett enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry.[5] On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, younger brother Robert (a private in the same regiment) was killed.[6] Two weeks later on 15 July, while holding the rank of sergeant, James Bennett received a gunshot wound to the back, but survived.[5] He later worked as a textile manufacturer and died of stomach cancer in 1955, age 64.[2]
Career statistics
| Club | Season | League | Scottish Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queen's Park | 1909–10[1] | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1910–11[1] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14[1] | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
- Appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.
