Jackie Benyon

Jackie Benyon

Personal information
Place of birth	Cardiff, Wales
Date of death	26 June 1937
Place of death	Johannesburg, South Africa
Playing position	Winger
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
?–1932	Doncaster Rovers
1932–1937	Aberdeen	126	(34)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Jackie Benyon was a Welsh footballer who played for Doncaster Rovers and Aberdeen until his death from peritonitis on a club tour of South Africa in 1937.

Benyon signed for Aberdeen in 1932 from Doncaster and established himself as a winger in the first team. A few weeks after playing in the 1937 Scottish Cup final, he was struck down with appendicitis while on a tour of South Africa with Aberdeen and died of peritonitis. He was buried in South Africa.^[1]

References

1. Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 Years of the Dons. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 145. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.