Alf Bennett

Bennett in 1928
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Bennett[1]
Date of birth	(1898-11-13)13 November 1898[1]
Place of birth	Clowne, England[1]
Date of death	6 January 1963(1963-01-06) (aged 64)[2]
Place of death	Ripley, Derbyshire
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[3]
Position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
	Clowne Rising Star
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1927	Nottingham Forest	83	(0)
1927–1929	Port Vale	35	(0)
Total		118	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred Bennett (13 November 1898 – 6 January 1963) was an Englishfootballer who played as agoalkeeper forNottingham Forest andPort Vale.^[2]

Bennett played for Clowne Rising Star andNottingham Forest before joiningPort Vale in May 1927.^[1] Preferred toGeorge Holdcroft andHoward Matthews, he played 24Second Division appearances and played oneFA Cup game in the1927–28 season.^[1] However, he was replaced by new signingJack Prince. After playing just 11 times in the1928–29 season, he left theOld Recreation Ground on afree transfer in May 1929.^[1]

Bennett later worked as a greengrocer inRipley, Derbyshire 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.^[2]

• 1898 births
• 1963 deaths
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• 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

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