Sam Kennedy (footballer, born 1899)

{{short description|Scottish footballer}}

{{more citations needed|date=October 2012}}

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| birth_date = 1899

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

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| position = Forward

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| years1 = 1925

| clubs1 = Falkirk

| caps1 = 11

| goals1 = 5

| years2 = 1925–1926

| clubs2 = Clyde

| caps2 = 24

| goals2 = 24

| years3 = 1926–1927

| clubs3 = Fall River

| caps3 = 26

| goals3 = 12

| years4 = 1927–1928

| clubs4 = J&P Coats

| caps4 = 48

| goals4 = 16

| years5 = 1928–1929

| clubs5 = New Bedford Whalers

| caps5 = 12

| goals5 = 10

| years6 = 1929–1931

| clubs6 = Pawtucket Rangers

| caps6 = 43

| goals6 = 2

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Sam Kennedy (1899-?) was a Scottish association football forward who played in Scotland and the American Soccer League.

Following spells with Falkirk and Clyde in Scotland,{{cite journal|title=A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players|author=John Litster|publisher=Scottish Football Historian magazine|date=October 2012}} in 1926 Kennedy signed with the Fall River of the American Soccer League, after Fall River center forward Harold Brittan moved to the New Bedford Whalers.[http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl091526.html INTEREST GROWS IN FALL RIVER'S VISIT] In December, he briefly returned to Scotland when his young son became ill.[http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl120426.html NEWS GATHERED ON THE SOCCER PITCH] In 1927, Kennedy began the season with Fall River, played one game, then was transferred to J&P Coats. In 1928, he was again transferred during the season, this time to the New Bedford Whalers. Despite the changes in team, he scored twenty-three goals (thirteen with Coats and ten with New Bedford), placing him sixth on the goals list.[http://homepages.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1929.html The Year in American Soccer – 1929] In 1929, he was back with J&P Coats, now known as the Pawtucket Rangers under new ownership. He played for the Rangers until 1931.