Bert Beney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Beney[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1883 | ||
| Place of birth | Hastings, England | ||
| Date of death | 20 April 1915 (aged 32)[2] | ||
| Place of death | West Flanders, Belgium[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1906–1908 | Hastings & St Leonards United | ||
| 1908–1909 | Woolwich Arsenal | 16 | (6) |
| Carlisle United | |||
| 1910–1911 | Bury | 4 | (0) |
| Tunbridge Wells Rangers | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Albert "Bert" Beney (1883 – 20 April 1915) was an English professional football forward who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal and Bury.[1]
Personal life
Beney served as a corporal in the Royal Engineers during the First World War and was killed in West Flanders on 20 April 1915.[3] He is buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.[2]
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 24. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c "CWGC - Casualty Details". www.cwgc.org. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Albert Beney | Service Record | Football and the First World War". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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- 1883 births
- 1915 deaths
- People from Hastings
- English footballers
- English Football League players
- Association football forwards
- Hastings & St Leonards United F.C. players
- British Army soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Engineers soldiers
- British military personnel killed in World War I
- Arsenal F.C. players
- Carlisle United F.C. players
- Bury F.C. players
- Tunbridge Wells F.C. players
- Southern Football League players
- English football forward, 1880s birth stubs