# John Benson

> John Harvey Benson was a Scottish football player and manager. Born in Arbroath, Benson started his career as an apprentice at Manchester City. He turned professional in 1961, and made 44 league appearances over the next three seasons before being sold to Fourth Division side Torquay United in 1964. He was a regular in the first team during his whole spell with Torquay, helping the club win promotion to the Third Division in the 1965–66 season.

*Scottish football player and manager (1942-2010)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/john-benson

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Football / Soccer Player ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q937857))
- **Category:** Footballers
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1942-12-23
- **Died:** 2010-10-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.9 / 100
- **Momentum:** 2.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.3 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [John Benson (Schots voetballer)](https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(Schots_voetballer))
- [جون بنسون](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [جون بنسون](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86)
- [John Benson (Fußballspieler)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(Fu%C3%9Fballspieler))
- [John Benson (footballer, born 1942)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(footballer%2C_born_1942))
- [John Benson (bluckaneyr, ruggit 1942)](https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson_(bluckaneyr%2C_ruggit_1942))
- [John Benson](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Benson)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q504072)

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