Personal information | |||
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Full name | Robert Brown Bennie [1] | ||
Date of birth | 28 September 1873 [1] | ||
Place of birth | Polmont, Scotland [1] | ||
Date of death | 1 October 1945[1] | (aged 72)||
Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England [2] | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [3] | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1894–1895 | Airdrieonians | ||
1895–1896 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
– | Royal Albert | ||
1896–1901 | St Mirren | 71 | (0) |
1901–1904 | Newcastle United | 33 | (0) |
1904 | Morpeth Harriers | ||
Total | 104 | (0) | |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Robert Brown Bennie (28 September 1873 – 1 October 1945) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Newcastle United. [4] [2] He came into consideration for an international cap in 1902, taking part in the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots trial, [5] but this did not lead on to selection for Scotland.
He was a member of a footballing family: older brother Peter (a teammate at St Mirren) [6] and younger brother John had short careers in Scotland, [2] nephew Peter played for Burnley in the 1920s and nephew Bob played for Scotland in the same period. [7] [8]
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