Jackie Beynon
| Jackie Beynon | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | John Alfred Beynon | |
| place of birth | Cardiff , Wales | |
| date of death | June 26, 1937 | |
| Place of death | Johannesburg , South Africa | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| -1927 | Great Western Colliery | |
| 1927-1928 | West Bromwich Albion | |
| 1928-1929 | Halifax Town | |
| 1929-1930 | Scunthorpe & Lindsey United | |
| 1930-1932 | Rotherham United | |
| 1932-1933 | Doncaster Rovers | |
| 1933-1937 | Aberdeen FC | 126 (34) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
John "Jackie" Alfred Beynon (* unknown in Cardiff , † June 26, 1937 in Johannesburg ) was a Welsh football player .
Career
Jackie Beynon was born in the Welsh capital, Cardiff . Until 1927 Beynon played for the Great Western Colliery, a colliery in south Wales, about 25 kilometers north of Cardiff.
Between 1927 and 1933 he spent his time in England. He was under contract with five different clubs.
On February 16, 1933 Beynon moved to Scotland for Aberdeen FC . For the first division he made his debut a week later on the 31st match day of the 1932/33 season against FC Cowdenbeath . In the 6-2 home win in Pittodrie , he scored his first goal in the Dons' jersey in the first game. With the club he always took a place between three and six in the following years. In the 1936/37 season Beynon was even runner-up with the Reds behind the Glasgow Rangers . In the same year he reached the final with the team in the Scottish Cup which was lost to Celtic Glasgow . With 147,365 spectators, the final was the largest record number of a club game in football to date.
A few weeks after his participation in the cup final, Beynon took part in a South Africa tour with the Aberdeen FC team. In the process he fell ill with appendicitis . He died as a result, in June 1937 in Johannesburg at a peritonitis and was buried in South Africa.
Web links
- Jackie Beynon in the database of FC Aberdeen (English)
- Jackie Beynon in the Aberdeen Heritage Trust database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beynon, Jackie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beynon, John Alfred (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh football player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century or 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cardiff , Wales |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1937 |
| Place of death | Johannesburg , South Africa |