RB
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English association football player
A.K.A.
Ronald Benson
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
26 March 1925(Acomb, England, United Kingdom)
Death:
6 November 1997(York, City of York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom)
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The details
Biography
Ronald Benson (26 March 1925 – 6 November 1997) was an English professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Archbishop Holgates Old Boys and Frickley Colliery. After retiring he became a union representative in the British Rail workshops in York, and stood as the Conservative Party candidate for Wakefield in the 1966 general election, in which he was defeated by the Labour Party candidate.