Joe Kennaway
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James 'Joe' Kennaway (born January 25, 1905 in Point St. Charles, Montreal - died March 7, 1969 in Johnston, Rhode Island) was a star soccer goalkeeper in the 1930s.
Kennaway played from 1931 to 1939 in Scotland for Celtic. During his stint Celtic won the league championship twice and the Scottish FA Cup three times. He made 295 total appearances for 'the Bhoys' and recorded 83 shut-outs.
Kennaway began his senior soccer career with amateur Montreal club Montreal CPR. In January 1927 he signed with the Providence Gold Bugs of the (original) professional American Soccer League and played with the club until 1931 when they relocated to Fall River, Massachusetts. An exhibition game shut-out win for Fall River against touring Celtic in 1931 landed him an opportunity to play for the Old Firm side.
Kennaway was a rare double-international having played once for the Canadian national team against the United States in Brooklyn in 1926, and in 1933 for Scotland against Austria at Hampden Park. He would have played more times for Scotland, if the other British nations had not objected to a Canadian playing in goal for Scotland.
His wife being from Providence, the couple settled there after the War where Kennaway went on to coach the soccer team of Brown University from 1946 to 1959. He became an American citizen in 1948.
