Benny Rooney

Benny Rooney
Personal information
Full name Bernard Rooney
Date of birth (1943-05-03)3 May 1943
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Date of death 28 July 2023(2023-07-28) (aged 80)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Celtic 0 (0)
1959–1960[1]Cambuslang Rangers (loan)
1960–1961[2]Petershill (loan)
1961–1962[3]Dumbarton (loan) 6 (0)
1963–1966 Dundee United 22 (4)
1966–1973 St Johnstone 222 (12)
1973–1976 Partick Thistle 62 (3)
Managerial career
1976–1983 Greenock Morton
1983–1986 Partick Thistle
1986 Albion Rovers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard Rooney (3 May 1943 – 28 July 2023)[4] was a Scottish football player and manager.

  1. ^ Golden Years: Benny was never far away from the Lisbon Lions, David Walker, Sunday Post, 21 December 2019
  2. ^ "History". Petershill F.C. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. ^ McAllister, Jim (2002). The Sons of the Rock - The Official History of Dumbarton Football Club. Dumbarton: J&J Robertson Printers.
  4. ^ Bernard Rooney