Jack Benton
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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 (aged 50)[1]
 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 (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) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Dutton Benton (5 October 1875 – 8 July 1926) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.[1]
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]