Jackie Beynon

Jackie Beynon

Personal information
Full name	John Alfred Beynon
Date of birth	22 September 1909
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death	26 June 1937 (aged 27)
Place of death	Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s)	Outside left
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
?–1932	Great Western Colliery
1927–1928	West Bromwich Albion
1928–1929	Halifax Town
1929–1930	Scunthorpe United
1930–1932	Rotherham United
1932–1933	Doncaster Rovers
1933–1937	Aberdeen	126	(34)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Alfred Beynon [sometimes mis-spelt Benyon] (22 September 1909 – 26 June 1937) was a Welsh footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and Aberdeen until his death from peritonitis on a club tour of South Africa in 1937.

Beynon signed for Aberdeen in February 1933 from Doncaster Rovers (having earlier played for other clubs in the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire region, namely Halifax Town, Scunthorpe United and Rotherham United) and established himself as the outside left in the Dons' first team, although he switched to the right wing at times, particularly following the arrival of Bill Strauss in 1936. A few weeks after playing in the 1937 Scottish Cup Final, he was struck down with appendicitis while on a tour of South Africa with Aberdeen and died of peritonitis. He was buried in South Africa.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Aberdeen	1932-33	Scottish Division One	5	2	0	0	5	2
	1933-34		35	11	4	1	39	12
	1934-35		32	4	5	0	37	4
	1935-36		29	8	2	2	31	10
	1936-37		25	9	3	0	28	9
	1937-38		0	0	0	0	0	0
	Total		126	34	14	3	140	37