Benjamin Lewis (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Benjamin Lewis | ||
| Date of birth | 1st March 1864 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeswood, Wales | ||
| Date of death | 1944 | ||
| Place of death | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Centre Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| -1886 | Buckley | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1886-87 | Wrexham AFC | 1 | (0) |
| 1887 | Chester FC | ||
| 1890 | Bootle | ||
| 1893-95 | Chester FC | ||
| 1895-96 | Wrexham AFC | 0 | (0) |
| 1896-97 | Middlesbrough Ironopolis | ||
| 1897-98 | Wrexham AFC | 14 | (10) |
| 1899- | Chester FC | ||
| International career | |||
| 1891 | Wales | 10 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Benjamin Lewis (born 1864) was a Welsh international footballer.[1] He played for Crewe Alexandra, Chester and Wrexham.[2][3][4]
Personal Life[edit]
Lewis was the brother in law of fellow Wales international Job Wilding.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness
- ^ "Benjamin Lewis". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Welsh Newspapers Online I AN OLD WREXHAM FOOTBALLER.|1895-12-14|Wrexham and Denbighshire Advertiser and Cheshire Shropshire and North Wales Register - Welsh Newspapers Online". newspapers.library.wales. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ^ https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=3499
- ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19860828/011/0011
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