Benny Fenton

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Benny Fenton
Full name	Benjamin Robert Vincent Fenton
Date of birth	October 10, 1918(1918-10-10)
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death	July 29, 2000 (aged 81)
Place of death	Dorset, England
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1937–1939 1939–1946 1947–1955 1955–1958	West Ham United Millwall Charlton Athletic Colchester United	21 (9) 20 (7) 117 (22) 51 (15)
Teams managed
1955–1963 1963–1964 1966–1974	Colchester United Leyton Orient Millwall
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Benny Fenton (born October 10, 1918 in West Ham, London, died 29 July 2000 in Dorset) was an English football player and manager.

Brother of West Ham United legend Ted Fenton, Benny started playing league football with the East London club as an outside-left before World War II, having represented West Ham, Essex and London as a schoolboy. He played his first senior game for the club against Fulham on 9 October 1937.

Fenton joined Millwall in March 1939, playing as a wing-half, and later played for Charlton Athletic. He toured South Africa with the FA, making three appearances, and also made guest appearances for Norwich City, Manchester City, Charlton Athletic, York City, Cardiff City, Crystal Palace and West Ham United.

In February 1955, Fenton joined Third Division South club Colchester United (where he'd spent time on loan before the war) as player-manager and switched to defensive duties.

He also played lawn bowls for Essex County and was an enthusiastic cricketer. He served in the same Territorial Army unit as his West Ham team-mates.

Fenton joined Leyton Orient as manager on 1 November 1963, leaving at the end of 1964. He went on to manage Millwall between 1 May 1966 and 3 October 1974. In January 1977, he rejoined Charlton as secretary. He became assistant manager of the club in March 1980 and progressed to the position of general manager in June 1981. He stayed in that post until June 1982.

[edit] References

Hogg, Tony (2005). Who's Who of West Ham United. Profile Sports Media, 77. ISBN 1 903135 50 8.
Benny Fenton, westhamstats.info, last accessed January 16, 2007
Football Obituaries, The Association of Football Statisticians, last accessed February 20, 2008
Benny Fenton's managerial career, Soccerbase, last accessed February 20, 2008
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Millwall F.C. – Managers

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Colchester United F.C. – Managers

T. Fenton (1946–48) • Allen (1948–53) • Butler (1953–55) • B. Fenton (1955–63) • Franklin (1963–68) • Graham (1968–72) • Mocham (1972) • Smith (1972–75) • Roberts (1975–82) • Hunter (1982–83) • Lea (1983–86) • Walker (1986–87) • Brown (1987–88) • Wallace, Jr. (1989–89) • Foley (1989–90) • Mills (1990) • Atkins (1990–91) • McDonough (1991–94) • Burley (1994) • Wignall (1995–99) • Cook (1999) • Whitton (1999) • Wadsworth (1999) • Whitton (1999–2003) • Williams (2003) • Parkinson (2003–06) • Williams (2006–)

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Leyton Orient F.C. – Managers

Omerod (1905–06) • Ivenson (1906–06) • Holmes (1907–22) • Proudfoot (1922–29) • Grimsdell (1929–30) • Proudfoot (1930–31) • Seed (1931–33) • Pratt (1933–34) • Proudfoot (1935–39) • Halsey (1939) • Wright (1939–45) • Hall (1945–45) • Wright (1945–46) • Hewitt (1946–48) • McBain (1948–49) • Stock (1949–59) • Carey (1961–63) • Fenton (1963–64) • Sexton (1965) • Graham (1966–68) • Bloomfield (1968–71) • Petchey (1971–77) • Bloomfield (1977–81) • Went (1981) • Knighton (1981–82) • Clark (1982–91) • Eustace (1991–94) • Sitton (1994–95) • Turner (1994–95) • Holland (1995–96) • Taylor (1996–2001) • Brush (2001–03) • Ling (2003–)