Benjamin Lewis (footballer)

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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*
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]

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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. https://www.wrexhamafcarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=3499
  5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19860828/011/0011