James Bennett (Scottish footballer)

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]

James Bennett
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(1955-10-24) (aged 64)[2]
Place of death Hillhead, Scotland[2]
Position(s) 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] While holding the rank of sergeant, he received a gunshot wound to the back on 15 July 1916, 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[lower-alpha 1] 0 2 0
1913–14[1] 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Career total 6 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
  1. Appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup.

References
  1. "QPFC.com – A Historical Queen's Park FC Website". www.qpfc.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. "1955 BENNETT, JAMES BRYCE (Statutory registers Deaths 644/13 1241". National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. "Early Days". Alec Bennett (footballer) by David Carmichael. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
  4. "Robert Bennett by David Fulton at Low Parks Museum". Art UK. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  5. "Queen's Park And The Great War: 1914 To 1918" (PDF). p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
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