Tommy Benfield was an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 football

Football (soccer)

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He played for Leicester Fosse

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

, and is famous for being the very first person to score at Arsenal Stadium

Arsenal Stadium

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, netting an early goal in Leicester's 2-1 defeat at the hands of Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

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 in a Second Division

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

 match on September 6, 1913. He was Leicester's top scorer for the 1913-14

1913-14 in English football

The 1913–14 season was the 43rd season of competitive football in England.-Honours:Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour. * indicates new record for competition-First Division:-Second Division:...

 season and moved to Derby County

Derby County F.C.

Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

 in the close season; he scored twice against his old club in Derby's record 6-0 win over Leicester in the 1914-15

1914-15 in English football

The 1914–15 season was the 44th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:The 1914 Charity Shield was not contested due to suspension of football during World War I-Events:...

 season as they won the Second Division title.

Benfield joined the Army

British Army

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 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 (during which time first-class football was suspended), and was killed in action by a sniper

Sniper

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's bullet in September 1918, less than two months before the war's conclusion.