years death_place death_date clubs birth_place caps goals position article_title name
1932 -- 1937 johannesburg , south africa 26 june 1937 aberdeen cardiff , wales 126 34 winger jackie benyon
 jackie benyon
jackie benyon

jackie benyon was a welsh footballer who played for doncaster rovers and aberdeen until his death from peritonitis on a club tour of south africa in 1937 .
benyon signed for aberdeen in 1932 from doncaster and established himself as a winger in the first team .
a few weeks after playing in the 1937 scottish cup final , he was struck down with appendicitis while on a tour of south africa with aberdeen and died of peritonitis .
he was buried in south africa .
