[2] Lewis was born in the Bordesley Green district of Birmingham.
[1] He scored on his debut in the First Division on 29 December 1894, deputising for regular outside right Jack Hallam in a home game against Liverpool which Small Heath won 3–0.
Though he kept his place for the next game,[3] his only other appearance for the first team was in the 1896 FA Cup first round match against Bury, in which he also scored.
[1] Some six years later he resumed his Football League career with Leicester Fosse; he scored three goals in 30 Second Division games before returning to former club Stourbridge.
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