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Robert Hunter Brown Bennie (27 March 1900 – 27 July 1972) was a Scottish
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 ...
who played as a left half. Bennie was
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three times by the Scotland national team between 1925 and 1926, while playing club football for Airdrieonians (where he spent eight years, making over 300 appearances, finishing runners-up in the
Scottish Football League The Scottish Football League (SFL) was a league featuring professional and semi-professional football clubs mostly from Scotland.One club, Berwick Rangers, is based in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, which is located approximately 4 km south ...
on four occasions and winning the
Scottish Cup The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,1924).The Cup Final , Airdrieonians' First Success
The Glasgow Herald, 21 April 1924
Greatest XI – 6. Central Midfielder
Airdrieonians F.C., 18 March 2016
In 1928 he was signed by Heart of Midlothian for £2,300, moving on to become manager of
Raith Rovers Raith Rovers Football Club is a Scottish professional football club based in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife. The club was founded in 1883 and currently competes in the Scottish Championship as a member of the Scottish Professional Football Leagu ...
five years later. He was the most prominent member of a footballing family: his uncles Peter and John had short careers in Scotland, another uncle
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played for St Mirren and
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,Bennie Bob Image 4 Airdrieonians 1925
Vintage Footballers
and his cousin
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for
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and
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at Londonhearts.com 1900 births 1972 deaths Scottish footballers Scotland international footballers Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Heart of Midlothian F.C. players Scottish Football League players Scottish Football League representative players Scottish football managers Raith Rovers F.C. managers Scottish Football League managers Parkhead F.C. players Third Lanark A.C. players Association football wing halves Scottish Junior Football Association players Footballers from Falkirk (council area) {{Scotland-footy-defender-1900s-stub