James Hendren
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 17 July 1885 | ||
Place of birth | Lochore, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 17 June 1915[1] | (aged 29)||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Position(s) | Centre forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Nithsdale Wanderers | |||
Kilmarnock | |||
Cowdenbeath | |||
1911–1915 | Hibernian | 123 | (53) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Hendren (17 July 1885 – 17 June 1915) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who made over 120 appearances in the Scottish League for Hibernian.[2] He also played for Nithsdale Wanderers, Kilmarnock and Cowdenbeath.[1]
Personal life
Hendren worked as a miner in Ayrshire and later emigrated to the United States.[1] He returned to Scotland to resume his football career and he enlisted as a driver in the Army Transport Corps after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.[1] He was allowed to delay his enlistment as his wife had just given birth to their second child.[1] Just over a month after his final appearance for Hibernian,[2] Hendren died of acute pneumonia at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on 17 June 1915.[1] His great-nephew is former Hibernian and Celtic footballer Pat Stanton.[1]
References
- 1885 births
- 1915 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Association football forwards
- Scottish Football League players
- Nithsdale Wanderers F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Cowdenbeath F.C. players
- Hibernian F.C. players
- Sportspeople from Fife
- Scottish expatriates in the United States
- Deaths from pneumonia
- Scottish miners
- Scottish football forward stubs