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Benjamin Collard Yorston (14 October 1905 – 1977) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Montrose, Aberdeen, Sunderland and Middlesbrough.

Benny Yorston
Personal information
Full name Benjamin Collard Yorston
Date of birth (1905-10-14)14 October 1905
Place of birth Nigg, Scotland
Date of death 1977 (aged 7172)
Height 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1927 Montrose
1927–1931 Aberdeen 143 (101)
1932–1934 Sunderland 49 (25)
1934–1939 Middlesbrough 152 (54)
1941 Hibernian (guest) 0 (0)
1945 Dundee United 1 (0)
Total 345 (180)
National team
1930 Scotland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Born in Nigg, Kincardineshire, the diminutive (5 ft 5in) forward played for Aberdeen juvenile sides Kittybrewster and Mugiemoss before joining Montrose in 1927.[1] He spent only 3 months with the Gable Endies before returning north to sign for Aberdeen F.C.. Yorston stayed with the Dons for five seasons and remains the club's record goal-scorer for a single season, having notched 38 goals in 1929–30. He won his only cap for Scotland against Ireland in 1931.

Yorston was one of five Aberdeen players dropped after a 1–1 draw with Kilmarnock later that year. At the time, the reasons were not clear, but the club's official history claims that several players had been involved in a betting scandal. No players were ever charged with any offence, but none of them ever played for Aberdeen again.[2]

Yorston joined Sunderland for £2,000 in January 1932 then moved to their North-East rivals Middlesbrough for £1,250 in 1934. He stayed with Middlesbrough until the outbreak of the Second World War, during which he "guested" for Hibernian,[3] Aldershot, Reading, West Ham United[4] and Lincoln City,[1] featuring once for Dundee United shortly after the war ended.[5] He retired before the cessation of global hostilities.

Yorston's nephew Harry was also a professional footballer who, like his uncle, played for Aberdeen and the Scottish national side.


References


  1. Lamming, Douglas (1987). A Scottish Soccer Internationalists Who's Who, 1872-1986. Hutton Press. ISBN 0-907033-47-4.
  2. Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 Years of The Dons: the official history of Aberdeen Football Club 1903 - 2003. Hodder and Stoughton. pp. 128–131. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.
  3. "Yorston, Benny". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 29 September 2012.
  4. Hogg, Tony (1995). West Ham Who's Who. London: Independent UK Sports publications. p. 223. ISBN 1-899429-01-8.
  5. Gracie, Steve (2008). The Rise of the Terrors. Arabest Publishing Dundee. ISBN 978-0-9558341-1-0.



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Benjamin « Benny » Collard Yorston, né le 14 octobre 1905 et mort en 1977, est un footballeur professionnel écossais des années 1930. Il jouait avant centre. Il a joué en dans le championnat écossais et en première division du championnat d'Angleterre.



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