Stanley Bennion (9 February 1938 – 5 August 2013) was an English professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

. He played in

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as a winger for

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in the North East Wales, north-east of Wales. It lies between the Cambrian Mountains, Welsh mountains and the lower River Dee, Wales, Dee Valley, near the England–Wales border, borde ...

and

Chester Chester is a cathedral city in Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, Wales, River Dee, close to the England–Wales border. With a built-up area population of 92,760 in 2021, it is the most populous settlement in the borough of Cheshire West an ...

Playing career

Bennion progressed through

's youth setup and signed as a part-time professional with the club in September 1959.''Player Memories'', Chester City v. Wycombe Wanderers matchday programme; 2/1/1995; p.15 He went on to make more than 50 league appearances over the next four years but his opportunities became limited after the signing of

Arfon Griffiths Arfon Trevor Griffiths MBE (born 23 August 1941) is a Welsh former football player and manager. During his playing career which lasted from 1959 to 1979, Griffiths played at both professional and international levels, before becoming a football ...

in 1962. The following season saw him agree to join

Halifax Town FC Halifax Town is a professional association football club based in Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. They currently compete in the National League, the fifth level of English football league system. They replaced Halifax Town, who went i ...

, but the move collapsed and Stan joined Chester in time for the 1963–64 season as part of a swap deal with Bill Myerscough. He made 20 league appearances in his first season with Chester but did not make any more the following season, although he did play in a

Welsh Cup The FAW Welsh Cup (), currently known as the JD Welsh Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out football competition contested annually by teams in the Welsh football league system. It is considered the most prestigious of the cup competitions ...

tie at Wrexham. He also scored both goals when captain of the Chester side that beat

Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in , the fourth level of the English football league system. Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they ...

2–0 to win the Cheshire Bowl. Bennion then dropped into non-league football, playing for New Brighton until 1970 and then spending four years with

Rhyl Rhyl (; , ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire in Wales. The town lies on the coast of North Wales, at the mouth of the River Clwyd. To the west is Kinmel Bay and Towyn, to the east Prestatyn, and to the south-east Rhuddlan ...

. He continued to play local football in the

area into the 1990s. Outside football he has been employed by

Cheshire County Council Cheshire County Council was the county council of Cheshire. Founded on 1 April 1889, it was officially dissolved on 31 March 2009, when it and its districts were superseded by two unitary authorities: Cheshire West and Chester and Cheshire East. ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bennion, Stan 1938 births 2013 deaths Footballers from Chester English men's footballers Men's association football wingers Wrexham A.F.C. players Chester City F.C. players New Brighton A.F.C. players Rhyl F.C. players English Football League players 20th-century English sportsmen