Peter Bennie

Peter Bennie
Personal information
Date of birth 10 June 1899 (1899-06-10)
Place of birth Slamannan, Scotland
Date of death 3 January 1981(1981-01-03) (aged 81)[1]
Place of death Larkhall, Scotland
Height 5 ft 2+1⁄2 in (1.59 m)[2]
Position(s) Outside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
– Larkhall Thistle
– Bellshill Athletic
– Royal Albert
1920–1923 Albion Rovers 64 (5)
1923–1924 Burnley 36 (7)
1924–1927 Bradford City 73 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Peter Bennie (10 June 1899 – 3 January 1981) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside right.

Born in Slamannan but raised in Larkhall, Bennie began his Scottish Football League career in 1920 with Albion Rovers,[3] where he gradually displaced Bill Ribchester in the side, before moving to England to join Burnley in 1923. A year later, he moved to Bradford City, featuring for three seasons before retiring due to injury.[4]

He was a member of a footballing family: his father, Peter, and uncle John had short careers in Scotland,[3] another uncle Bob played for Newcastle United, and his cousin Bob was a Scottish international.[5]

  1. ^ Statutory registers – Deaths – Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. ^ Centaurus (20 August 1923). "Prospects of the clubs in the First Division of the League. Burnley". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  3. ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). "A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players". Scottish Football Historian.
  4. ^ Bennie Peter Image 2 Albion Rovers 1922, Vintage Footballers
  5. ^ Greatest XI – 6. Central Midfielder, Airdrieonians F.C., 18 March 2016