Sam Bennion

Samuel Bennion (1871 – 6 May 1941) was an English footballer, manager and later chairman of Port Vale.

Sam Bennion
Bennion in a Burslem Port Vale squad photo in 1898
Personal information
Full name Samuel Bennion[1]
Date of birth 1871[1]
Place of birth Burslem, England[1]
Date of death (1941-05-06)6 May 1941[1]
Place of death Newcastle-under-Lyme, England[1]
Position(s) Left-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894 Burslem Port Vale 1 (0)
Total 1 (0)
Managerial career
1906–1907 Burslem Port Vale
Chairman of Port Vale
In office
1908–1911
Preceded byRobert Audley
Succeeded byJ.H.Edwards
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Bennion was a Burslem native and a Burslem Port Vale supporter from the club's inception.[1] He served the club as an official, but made a full appearance in the English 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.[1]

He later served as an emergency manager when Tommy Clare left the club in 1906, before the club folded at the end of the 1906–07 season.[2] He was then involved as Cobridge Church F.C. changed their name to Port Vale and went on to serve as chairman of this new club from December 1908 to July 1911, when control was handed to the shareholders of a limited liability company.[1] He was retained as a director however until 1933.[1]

Career statistics

Source:[3]

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Burslem Port Vale1893–94Second Division10000010
Total 10000010

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 26. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. "Cult Hero 37: Sam Bennion". onevalefan.co.uk. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. Sam Bennion at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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