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 le ...

who played as a

goalkeeper In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a designated player charged with directly preventing the opposing team from scoring by blocking or intercepting o ...

for

Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest Football Club is an association football club based in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England. Nottingham Forest was founded in 1865 and have been playing their home games at the City Ground, on the banks of the River Tren ...

and

Port Vale Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley o ...

Career

Bennett played for Clowne Rising Star and

, before joining

in May 1927. Preferred to

George Holdcroft George Henry Holdcroft (23 January 1909 – 17 April 1983), also known as Harry Holdcroft, was an England international football goalkeeper. He played for Port Vale, Darlington, Everton, Accrington Stanley, Barnsley, Burnley, Bury, Oldham ...

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 Secon ...

, 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, and 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 conditio ...

on a free transfer in May 1929.

Later life

Bennett later worked as a greengrocer in Ripley, Derbyshire, for 30 years. He collapsed and died while shoveling snow for a fellow shopkeeper in January 1963, aged 64. He was remembered as a charitable and popular figure in the community.

Career statistics

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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