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David Kenny (footballer, born 1891)

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Scottish footballer

David Kenny
Personal information
Full name David Brown Kenny
Date of birth (1891-05-22)22 May 1891
Place of birth Maybole, Scotland
Date of death 11 December 1978(1978-12-11) (aged 87)
Place of death Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Centre half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1909–1910 Maybole
1910–1911 Girvan
1911–1912 Falkirk
1912–1913 Barrow
1913–1920 Grimsby Town 58 (0)
1920–1921 Bristol Rovers 11 (0)
1921–192? Nainamo City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Brown Kenny (22 May 1891 – 11 December 1978) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre half in the Football League for Grimsby Town and Bristol Rovers.

Personal life

Kenny worked as a shoemaker. In February 1915, six months since the outbreak of the First World War, he enlisted as a private in the Football Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment. He was wounded in 1916 and emigrated to Canada after the war.

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Grimsby Town 1914–15 Second Division 23 0 0 0 23 0
Bristol Rovers 1920–21 Third Division 11 0 0 0 11 0
Career Total 34 0 0 0 34 0

References

  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 163. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ "K and L". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  3. Lamming, Douglas (1985). A Who's Who of Grimsby Town AFC : 1890–1985. Beverley: Hutton. p. 42. ISBN 0-907033-34-2.
  4. ^ "Grimsby Town Football Club". Archived from the original on 15 March 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. "Grimsby Town Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
  6. "Rovers results, appearances and goalscorers 1899 to 2022". The Bristol Rovers History Group. Retrieved 9 July 2023.


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