Jack Benton

John "Jack" Dutton Benton (5 October 1875 – 8 July 1926) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.[1]

Jack Benton
John Dutton Benton c1900
Personal information
Full name John Dutton Benton[1]
Date of birth 5 October 1875[1]
Place of birth Newcastle-under-Lyme, England [1]
Date of death 8 July 1926(1926-07-08) (aged 50)[1]
Place of death Hanley, Staffordshire, England [1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Newcastle Swifts
North Staffordshire Regiment
1898–1900 Glentoran
1900–1903 Transvaal Police
1904–1905 Stoke 4 (0)
1905–1908 Glentoran
1908–1910 Stoke 5 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Football career

Benton represented the Irish League on three occasions while he was a Glentoran player. He then travelled to South Africa where he assisted Transvaal Police, on his return to England he joined Stoke.[1] Benton made his League debut against Sheffield Wednesday.[1] When Leigh Richmond Roose joined the club in 1905, Benton re-joined Glentoran. He came back to Stoke in 1908 and played five more times before retiring in 1910 through injury. Benton remained with Stoke and became club trainer up until 1918.[1]

Army career

From 1893 to 1904 Benton was enlisted in the army in the 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment. He served as a corporal in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and in the South Africa in the Boer War. He was discharged in 1904 having been promoted to the rank of Sergeant of Police. His parents were Joseph Benton (1843–1920, a cooper by trade) and Sarah Ann Dutton (1853–1922), both of Staffordshire.

Career statistics

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[1] 1903–04 First Division 100010
1904–05 First Division 200020
1905–06 First Division 100010
1908–09 Birmingham & District League 101020
1909–10 Birmingham & District League / Southern League Division Two 400040
Career Total 9010100

References

  1. Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
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