James Hendren

Association football player
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAssociation football player
PlacesScotland United Kingdom
wasAthlete Football player Association football player
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth17 July 1885, Lochore, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death17 June 1915Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom (aged 29 years)
Star signCancer
Sports Teams
Hibernian F.C.
The details

Biography

James Hendren (17 July 1885 – 17 June 1915) was a Scottish professional football centre forward who made over 120 appearances in the Scottish League for Hibernian. He also played for Nithsdale Wanderers, Kilmarnock and Cowdenbeath.

Personal life

Hendren worked as a miner in Ayrshire and later emigrated to the USA. He returned to Scotland to resume his football career and he enlisted as a driver in the Army Service Corps after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. Hendren was allowed to delay his enlistment, as his wife had just given birth to their second child. Just over a month after his final appearance for Hibernian, Hendren died of acute pneumonia at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh on 17 June 1915. His great-nephew is former Hibernian and Celtic footballer Pat Stanton.

Honours

  • Cowdenbeath Hall of Fame

Career statistics

ClubSeasonLeagueScottish CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kilmarnock1904–05Scottish First Division400040
Cowdenbeath1910–11Scottish Second Division15550205
1911–12300030
Total18550235
Hibernian1911–12Scottish First Division23300233
1912–133218523720
1913–143218713919
1914–153614003614
Total1235312313556
Career total1455817316261
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