Reginald Boyne

Aston Villa

Boyne joined high-flying First Division club Aston Villa on trial in August 1913 and was awarded a professional contract in December that year. Boyne made just three further appearances during the 1913–14 season and only managed four appearances during the whole of the 1914–15 season,

Brentford Boyne joined Southern League First Division club Brentford in August 1919. Boyne had a good 1919–20 season, top-scoring with 13 goals. In a dire debut season (at the end of which the Bees had to apply for re-election), Boyne scored 10 goals in 22 games. Boyne's father was president of the Everton club in Auckland, where he and both his younger brothers, Harold and William played before the First World War broke out. Harold was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 February 1917.

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