STANLEY MATTHEWS

Stanley Matthews


Date of birth     1 February 1915[2]
Place of birth     Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England[3]
Date of death     23 February 2000 (aged 85)[2]
Place of death     Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Height     5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position     Outside right

Youth career
1930–1932     Stoke City
Senior career*
 

1932–1947     Stoke City     259     (51)



1947–1961     Blackpool     379     (17)

FWA Footballer of the Year 1948

1961–1965   Stoke City     59     (3)

FWA Footballer of the Year 1963

Total         697     (71)



National team
1929     England Schoolboys     1     (0)
1934–1956     The Football League XI     13     (2)
1934–1957     England     54     (11)
1939–1946     → England wartime team     29     (2)
1947–1955     Great Britain     2     (0)




Teams managed

1967–1968   Port Vale