James Brennan (footballer)
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Full name
James Francis Brennan[1]
Date of birth
10 September 1884
Place of birth
Templemore, Ireland
Date of death
6 September 1917 (aged 32)[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Francis Brennan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 10 September 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Templemore, Ireland | ||
| Date of death | 6 September 1917 (aged 32)[2] | ||
| Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Inside right | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Valkyrie | |||
| 1903–1904 | Liverpool | 0 | (0) |
| 1904–1907 | Africa Royal | (32[a]) | |
| 1907–1908 | Bury | 1 | (0) |
| 1908–1909 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Francis Brennan (10 September 1884 – 6 September 1917) was an Irish professional footballer who made one appearance as an inside right in the Football League for Bury.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[4]
Brennan attended Prior Park College in Bath.[1] He served in the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the Lancashire Fusiliers during the First World War and was holding the rank of corporal when he was killed in action in West Flanders, Belgium on 6 September 1917.[5] Brennan is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.[2]
