James Brennan (footballer)

James Francis Brennan (10 September 1884 – 6 September 1917) was an Irish professional footballer who made one appearance as an inside right in the Football League for Bury.[1] He also played in the Southern League for Brighton & Hove Albion.[4]

James Brennan
Personal information
Full name James Francis Brennan[1]
Date of birth 10 September 1884
Place of birth Templemore, Ireland
Date of death 6 September 1917(1917-09-06) (aged 32)[2]
Place of death West Flanders, Belgium
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[3]
Position(s) Inside right
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Valkyrie
1903–1904 Liverpool 0 (0)
1904–1907 Africa Royal (32[lower-alpha 1])
1907–1908 Bury 1 (0)
1908–1909 Brighton & Hove Albion 10 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Brennan attended Prior Park College in Bath.[1] He served in the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and the Lancashire Fusiliers during the First World War and was holding the rank of corporal when he was killed in action in West Flanders, Belgium on 6 September 1917.[5] Brennan is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing.[2]

Honours

Africa Royal

Notes
  1. Goals scored in the 1906–07 season.[3]

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 37. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  3. "James Francis Brennan Transferred to Bury". Play up, Liverpool. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  4. Carder, Tim; Harris, Roger (1997). Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Hove: Goldstone Books. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-9521337-1-1.
  5. "James Francis Brennan | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  6. "James Francis Brennan (James Brennan)". Play Up, Liverpool. Retrieved 15 August 2020.


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