Benny Gaughran

Who was Benny Gaughran?

Bernard Michael "Benny" Gaughran was an Irish soccer player during the 1930s.

Gaughran was an ace goalscorer during this era and he won the League of Ireland title with Bohemians in 1935-36. This was one of Bohemian's greatest amateur teams with the likes of Harry Cannon, Plev Ellis, Fred Horlacher and Billy Jordan in the side and Benny was top scorer that season with 15 goals in 21 league games. In his 39 appearances that season in all competitions, he netted 32 times.

He joined Celtic in the summer of 1936, before, in June 1937, he moved to England to join Southampton, where he stayed for a five months before joining Sunderland in November. After six months he moved on to join Rochdale and then returned to Ireland in 1939 to join Dundalk.