Complex sentence: Robert William Matthews (born 1897, Plas Bennion, Ruabon, north-east Wales) played football as centre-half for Liverpool Football Club in the early 1920s and earned three caps for Wales.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert William Matthews was born in 1897 in Plas Bennion, Ruabon, in north-east Wales. He played football as centre-half for Liverpool Football Club in the early 1920s and achieved three caps for Wales.