| Bert Beney | |
| Fullname: | Benjamin Albert Beney |
| Birth Date: | 21 February 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Hastings, England |
| Death Place: | West Flanders, Belgium |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1906–1909 |
| Clubs1: | Hastings & St Leonards United |
| Years2: | 1909–1910 |
| Clubs2: | Woolwich Arsenal |
| Caps2: | 16 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 1910 |
| Clubs3: | Carlisle United |
| Years4: | 1910–1911 |
| Clubs4: | Bury |
| Caps4: | 4 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Clubs5: | Tunbridge Wells Rangers |
Benjamin Albert Beney (21 February 1887 – 20 April 1915) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Woolwich Arsenal and Bury as a forward.[1] [2] He scored prolifically for Hastings & St Leonards United in non-League football, with 142 goals in 86 appearances.[3] [4] [5]
Beney worked as a plumber's mate. He served as a corporal in the Royal Engineers during the First World War and died of wounds in West Flanders on 20 April 1915.[6] Beney was buried in Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery.
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Woolwich Arsenal | 1908–09[7] | First Division | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | |
| 1909–10 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | |||