James Hendren (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | James Hendren[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Lochore, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 17 June 1915 (aged 29)[2] | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1904–1905 | Kilmarnock | 4 | (0) |
| 1905– | Maybole | ||
| 1906–1908 | Innisfails | ||
| –1909 | Annbank | ||
| 1909–1910 | Nithsdale Wanderers | ||
| 1910–1911 | Cowdenbeath | 18 | (5) |
| 1911–1915 | Hibernian | 123 | (53) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
James Hendren (17 July 1885 – 17 June 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who made over 120 appearances in the Scottish League for Hibernian as a centre forward.[1] He also played for Nithsdale Wanderers, Kilmarnock and Cowdenbeath.[1]
Hendren worked as a miner in Ayrshire and later emigrated to the USA.[2] He returned to Scotland to resume his football career and he enlisted as a driver in the Army Service Corps after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[2] Hendren was allowed to delay his enlistment, as his wife had just given birth to their second child.[2] Just over a month after his final appearance for Hibernian,[3] Hendren died of acute pneumonia at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on 17 June 1915.[2][4] His great-nephew is former Hibernian and Celtic footballer Pat Stanton.[2]
