David Kenny (footballer, born 1891)

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.[3]

David Kenny

Personal information
Full name	David Brown Kenny[1]
Date of birth	22 May 1891
Place of birth	Maybole, Scotland
Date of death	11 December 1978 (aged 87)[2]
Place of death	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[2]
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
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Personal life

Kenny worked as a shoemaker.[4] 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.[4] He was wounded in 1916 and emigrated to Canada after the war.[4]

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[5]	Second Division	23	0	0	0	23	0
Career Total			23	0	0	0	23	0

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 163. ISBN 190589161X.
2. "Football League Players Index". Bristol Rovers Memorabilia. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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.