Joe Kennaway

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Joe Kennaway
Personal information
Full name James Kennaway
Date of birth January 25, 1905(1905-01-25)
Place of birth    Montreal, Canada
Date of death    March 7, 1969 (aged 64)
Place of death    Johnston, Rhode Island, United States
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*

1927-1928
1928-1930
1931
1931
1931-1939
 Montreal CPR
Providence Clamdiggers
→ Providence Gold Bugs
→ Fall River F.C.
→ New Bedford Whalers
Celtic
026 (0)
112 (0)
017 (0)
003 (0)
263 (0)   
National team
1926
1933		 Canada
Scotland		 001 (0)
001 (0)
Teams managed
1946-1959 Brown University

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

James 'Joe' Kennaway (born January 25, 1905 in Point St. Charles, Montreal - died March 7, 1969 in Johnston, Rhode Island) was a dual international (Canada and Scotland) football goalkeeper. He began his career in Canada, spent four years in theAmerican Soccer League before finishing his career with Celtic F.C. in the Scottish Football League.

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[edit] Professional career

[edit] North America

Kennaway began his senior soccer career with amateur Montreal club Montreal CPR. In January 1927 he signed with the Providence Clamdiggers of the first professional American Soccer League. In 1928, the club was renamed the Providence Gold Bugs. In 1931, new ownership moved the team to Fall River, Massachusetts and renamed the team the Fall River F.C.. In the summer of 1931, the team again changed ownership, becoming the New Bedford Whalers. Kennaway remained with the team through all these changes. An exhibition game clean sheet win for Fall River against touring Celtic in 1931 landed him an opportunity to play for the Old Firm side.

[edit] Scotland

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 clean sheets.

[edit] National teams

Kennaway was a dual internationalist 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.

[edit] Post playing career

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.

In 2000 he was inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame.

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