Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 2 December 1884 | ||
Place of birth | Lincoln, England | ||
Date of death | 1 October 1958 | (aged 73)||
Position(s) | Outside left | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1899–1900 | Attercliffe | ||
1900–1905 | High Hazels | ||
1905–1909 | Rotherham Town | ||
1909–1911 | Bristol City | ||
1911–1919 | West Bromwich Albion | ||
1919–1920 | Nottingham Forest | ||
1920–1924 | Gainsborough Trinity | ||
1924–1938 | Norton Woodseats | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Benjamin W. Shearman (2 December 1884 – October 1958) was an English footballer who played as an outside left. Born in Lincoln he came to the fore with Rotherham Town before having spells with Bristol City, West Bromwich Albion and Nottingham Forest. He gained an FA Cup losers medal whilst with West Brom having played in the 1912 final. Despite missing four years of his career due to World War I he made 217 appearances in the Football League.[1]