Jackie Benyon

Jackie Benyon
Personal information
Place of birth Cardiff, Wales
Date of death 26 June 1937(1937-06-26)
Place of death Johannesburg, South Africa
Playing position Winger
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1932 Doncaster Rovers
1932–1937 Aberdeen 126 (34)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Jackie Benyon 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.

Benyon signed for Aberdeen in 1932 from Doncaster and established himself as a winger in the first team. 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.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 Years of the Dons. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 145. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.
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