Samuel Raymond "Ray" Bennion (1 September 1896 - 12 March 1968) was a Welsh footballer, born in Wrexham

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

, who played as a half-back

Defender (football)

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 in the Football League in the 1920s and 1930s. In his early life, he played for Gwersyllt School. He then had successful spells at Ragtimes and Chrichton's Athletic (Saltney

Saltney

Saltney is a small town in Flintshire, Wales. It is immediately to the west of the border with Cheshire in England and is contiguous with the Chester urban area.The name is derived from the former salt marshes on which it is built, lying on the River Dee...

) before joining Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

 in April 1921. His debut for United came on 27 August 1921 against Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

 at Goodison Park

Goodison Park

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. While at United, he played at right-half. After scoring three goals in 301 appearances for the club, he moved to Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

 in November 1932. He later became a coach at that particular football club. He was capped 10 times for Wales

Wales national football team

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, and made his debut for them on 31 October 1925 against Scotland

Scotland national football team

The Scotland national football team represents Scotland in international football and is controlled by the Scottish Football Association. Scotland are the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside England, whom they played in the world's first international football match in 1872...

 at Ninian Park

Ninian Park

Ninian Park was a football stadium in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. Until 2009, it was the home ground of Cardiff City F.C., who compete in the English Football League Championship...

. In 1964, he retired due to ill health.