Benjamin Lewis (footballer)

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Personal information
Full name Benjamin Lewis
Date of birth(1864-03-01)1 March 1864
Place of birth Leeswood, Wales
Date of death 1944(1944-00-00) (aged 79–80)
Place of death Wrexham, Wales
Position Centre Forward
Youth career
-1886 Buckley
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(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

Lewis was the brother in law of fellow Wales international Job Wilding. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Guy Oliver (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness
  2. ↑ "Benjamin Lewis". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Ben Lewis | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive)".
  5. ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19860828/011/0011
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