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]
Playing position(s)	Left-back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1894	Burslem Port Vale	1	(0)
Total		1	(0)
Teams managed
1906–1907	Burslem Port Vale
Chairman of Port Vale In office 1908–1911 Preceded by Robert Audley Succeeded by J.H.Edwards
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Port Vale 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]

Statistics

Source:[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Burslem Port Vale	1893–94	Second Division	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total			1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

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)