Alfred Bennett (13 November 1898 – 6 January 1963) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is a professional association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football league system, English football. Founde ...

and

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in , the third tier of the English football league system. Vale are named after the valley of ports on the Trent and Mersey Canal ...

Career

Bennett played for Clowne Rising Star and

before joining

in May 1927. Preferred to George Holdcroft and

Howard Matthews William Howard Matthews (29 November 1885 – 9 February 1963) was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Burton United, Oldham Athletic, Halifax Town, Chester, and Oswestry Town. With Oldham, he finished second in the Sec ...

, he played 24

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appearances and played one

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game in the 1927–28 season. However, he was replaced by new signing Jack Prince. After playing just 11 times in the 1928–29 season, he left the

Old Recreation Ground The Old Recreation Ground was a football stadium located in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England, and home to Port Vale F.C. from 1913 to 1950. It was the sixth ground the club used. Structure and facilities The stadium was in rather bad conditi ...

on a free transfer in May 1929.

Later life

Bennett later worked as a greengrocer in

Ripley, Derbyshire Ripley is a market town and civil parish in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire, England. It is northeast of Derby, northwest of Heanor, southwest of Alfreton and northeast of Belper. The town is continuous with Heanor, Eastwood, Nottingham ...

for 30 years. He collapsed and died while shovelling snow for a fellow shopkeeper in January 1963, aged 64. He was remembered as a charitable and popular figure in the community.

Career statistics

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Alf 1898 births 1963 deaths People from Clowne Footballers from Derbyshire English men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Nottingham Forest F.C. players Port Vale F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen