James Bennett (Scottish footballer)

James Bennett

Personal information
Full name	James Bryce Bennett
Date of birth	28 May 1891
Place of birth	Rutherglen, Scotland
Date of death	24 October 1955(1955-10-24) (aged 64)
Place of death	Hillhead, Scotland
Position(s)	Outside forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1910–1914	Queen's Park	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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.

Personal life

Bennett's older brother Alec 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.

In November 1914, three months after Britain's entry into the First World War, Bennett enlisted in the Highland Light Infantry. On 1 July 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, younger brother Robert (a private in the same regiment) was killed. Two weeks later on 15 July, while holding the rank of sergeant, James Bennett received a gunshot wound to the back, but survived. He later worked as a textile manufacturer and died of stomach cancer in 1955, age 64.

Career statistics

Club	Season	League			Scottish Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Queen's Park	1909–10	Scottish First Division	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
	1910–11		1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
	1913–14		2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Career total			6	0	0	0	1	0	7	0