Joe Kennaway

Infobox Football biography
playername= Joe Kennaway
fullname = James Kennaway


dateofbirth = birth date|1905|1|25
cityofbirth = Montreal
countryofbirth = Canada
dateofdeath = death date and age|1969|3|7|1905|1|25
cityofdeath = Johnston, Rhode Island
countryofdeath = United States
height =
position = Goalkeeper
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years =
1927-1928
1928-1930
1931
1931
1931-1939
clubs = Montreal CPR
Providence Clamdiggers
→ Providence Gold Bugs
→ Fall River F.C.
→ New Bedford Whalers
Celtic
caps(goals) =
026 (0)
112 (0)
017 (0)
003 (0)
263 (0)
nationalyears = 1926
1933
nationalteam = Canada
Scotland
nationalcaps(goals) = 001 (0)
001 (0)
manageryears = 1946-1959
managerclubs = Brown University

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 the American Soccer League before finishing his career with Celtic F.C. in the Scottish Football League. He later coached the Brown University soccer team from 1946 to 1959.

Professional career

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.

cotland

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.

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.

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, replacing Sam Fletcher. He became an American citizen in 1948.

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

External links

* [http://www.soccer.on.ca/osn.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf85256b0b005d4116/73784a63036f0d4d85256b0d006dd4bd OSA Soccer Hall of Fame for Canada with their induction page for Kennaway]
* [http://www.celticfc.co.uk/c_view/vol37/11/cel_legends.htm "Celtic View" with a Celtic Legends page dedicated to Kennaway]