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"William John" ""Bill"" "Bentley" is an English former professional association football/footballer who played as a defender (association football)/left-back. He made a total of 439 league appearances in a 15-year career in the Football League.

Beginning his career at Stoke City F.C./Stoke City in 1964, he moved on to Blackpool F.C./Blackpool in 1968. He spent the next nine years with Blackpool, helping them to win promotion out of the Football League Second Division/Second Division in 1969–70, and to lift the Anglo-Italian Cup in 1971 Anglo-Italian Cup/1971. He spent 1977 to 1980 at Port Vale F.C./Port Vale, also briefly serving the club as caretaker-manager in 1979. He ended his career at non-league Stafford Rangers F.C./Stafford Rangers in 1981.