Roy Bentley

Roy Thomas Frank Bentley (17 May 1924 – 20 April 2018) was an English football player and manager. He was born in Bristol, England. Bentley was an England international for six years from 1950 to 1956. With his death in 2018, he was the last surviving player from England's 1950 World Cup squad.

Roy Bentley

Personal information
Full name	Roy Thomas Frank Bentley
Date of birth	(1924-05-17)17 May 1924
Place of birth	Shirehampton, England
Date of death	20 April 2018(2018-04-20) (aged 93)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1939–1946	Bristol City	0	(0)
1946–1948	Newcastle United	48	(22)
1948–1956	Chelsea	324	(130)
1956–1960	Fulham	142	(23)
1960–1962	Queens Park Rangers	45	(0)
Total		559	(175)
National team
1949–1955	England	12	(9)
Teams managed
1963–1968	Reading
1969–1972	Swansea City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bentley played 367 games for Chelsea and captained the club to their first League Championship in the 1954–55 season. He also won 12 caps for the England national side. He later became a manager. Bentley was, for a time, one of England's top centre forwards.

Bentley died on 20 April 2018, in Reading, Berkshire at the age of 93.

Career statistics

Playing statistics

Club

Source:

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bristol City	1945–46	–	0	0	6	1	0	0	6	1
Newcastle United	1946–47	Second Division	36	19	6	3	0	0	42	22
	1947–48	Second Division	12	3	0	0	0	0	12	3
	Total		48	22	6	3	0	0	54	25
Chelsea	1947–48	First Division	14	3	1	0	0	0	15	3
	1948–49	First Division	40	21	3	2	0	0	43	23
	1949–50	First Division	39	17	6	5	0	0	45	22
	1950–51	First Division	38	8	5	3	0	0	43	11
	1951–52	First Division	32	12	9	5	0	0	41	17
	1952–53	First Division	37	12	7	5	0	0	44	17
	1953–54	First Division	41	21	1	0	0	0	42	21
	1954–55	First Division	41	22	3	0	0	0	44	22
	1955–56	First Division	38	14	7	1	1	1	46	16
	1956–57	First Division	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		324	130	42	21	1	1	367	152
Fulham	1956–57	Second Division	32	14	2	1	0	0	34	15
	1957–58	Second Division	31	7	7	1	0	0	38	8
	1958–59	Second Division	35	0	4	0	0	0	39	0
	1959–60	First Division	29	2	2	0	0	0	31	2
	1960–61	First Division	15	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
	Total		142	23	15	2	1	0	158	25
Queens Park Rangers	1961–62	Third Division	29	0	4	0	1	0	34	0
	1962–63	Third Division	16	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
	Total		45	0	6	0	1	0	52	0
Career total			559	175	75	27	3	1	637	203

International

England national team
Year	Apps	Goals
1949	1	0
1950	5	2
1951	0	0
1952	2	1
1953	0	0
1954	2	4
1955	2	2
Total	12	9

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Reading	1 January 1963	1 February 1969	321	136	79	106	042.4
Swansea City	7 August 1969	16 October 1972	173	66	49	58	038.2
Total			494	202	128	164	040.9