Benjamin Lewis (footballer)

Billy Lewis

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*
Years	Team	Apps	(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]

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. "Ben Lewis | Player Statistics | Wrexham (Wrexham AFC Archive)".
5. https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19860828/011/0011