Full name Samuel Bennion Playing position Date of birth 1871 Name Sam Bennion | Place of birth Burslem, England Role Footballer Position Defender | |
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Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England Died May 6, 1941, Newcastle-under-Lyme, United Kingdom | ||
Date of death 6 May 1941(1941-05-06) | ||
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Samuel Bennion (1871 – 6 May 1941) was an English footballer and later chairman of Port Vale.
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Port Vale career
Bennion was a Burslem native and a Burslem Port Vale supporter from the club's inception. He served the club as an official, but made a full appearance in the Football League as a left-back in a 2–2 draw at Lincoln City on 24 February 1894 when the club were a man down.
He later served as an emergency manager, as well as Chairman from December 1908 to July 1911 when control was handed to the shareholders of a limited liability company. He was retained as a director however until 1933.
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