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STANLEY MATTHEWS

Date of birth 1 February 1915
Place of birth Hanley, England
Date of death 23 February 2000 (aged 85)
Place of death Stoke-on-Trent, England
Playing position Outside right
1932-1947 Stoke City 259 (51 goals)
1947-1961 Blackpool 391 (17 goals)
1961-1966 Stoke City 59 (3 goals)
1970 Hibernians
Total 709 (71 goals)
National team 1934-1957 England 054 (11)

1948 Britain's first Footballer of the Year
1953 FA Cup (Blackpool)
1956 European Footballer of the Year
1957 Awarded OBE
1963 Footballer of the Year
1965 Nighted (the first footballer to be so honoured)

"The man who taught us the way football should be played" - Pelé

"I grew up in an era when he was a god to those of us who aspired to play the game. He was a true gentleman and we shall never see his like again" - Brian Clough

"It is not just in England where his name is famous. All over the world he is regarded as a true football genius" - Berti Vogts

"For me this man probably had the greatest name of any player ever, certainly in Britain. I don't think anyone since had a name so synonymous with football in England" - Gordon Banks

"He [Stanley Matthews] told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds a week. Today he would be worth all the money in the Bank of England" - Gianfranco Zola