Sam Gleaves was an English
football
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manager
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includes the activities o ...
, noted for being the secretary of
Burslem Port Vale
Port Vale Football Club are a professional football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, England, which compete in . Vale are the only English Football League club not to be named after a place; their name being a reference to the valley of ...
for nine years at the turn of the 20th century, from 1896 until May 1905. During his time at the club, Vale won re-election from the
Midland Football League into the
Football League Second Division in
1898–99, reached the
Birmingham Senior Cup final in 1899 and 1900 and the
Staffordshire Senior Cup final in 1900, and won the Staffordshire Senior Charity Cup in 1897.
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English football managers
Port Vale F.C. managers
English Football League managers