Ben Shearman

{{short description|English footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Ben Shearman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1884|12|02|df=y}}

| birth_place = Lincoln, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1958|10|01|1884|12|02|df=y}}

| position = Outside left

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| years1 = 1899–1900

| years2 = 1900–1905

| years3 = 1905–1909

| years4 = 1909–1911

| years5 = 1911–1919

| years6 = 1919–1920

| years7 = 1920–1924

| years8 = 1924–1938

| clubs1 = Attercliffe

| clubs2 = High Hazels

| clubs3 = Rotherham Town

| clubs4 = Bristol City

| clubs5 = West Bromwich Albion

| clubs6 = Nottingham Forest

| clubs7 = Gainsborough Trinity

| clubs8 = Norton Woodseats

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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.{{cite book |author=Denis Clarebrough & Andrew Kirkham |title=Sheffield United Who's Who |publisher=Hallamshire Press |year=2008|pages=290 |isbn=978-1-874718-69-7}}