Full name Martin Stanford Peters Date of birth 8 November 1943 Place of birth Plaistow, London, England Playing position Midfielder 1959–1970 West Ham United 302 (81 goals) 1970–1975 Tottenham Hotspur 189 (46 goals) 1975–1980 Norwich City 206 (44 goals) 1980–1981 Sheffield United 24 (3 goals) Total 721 (174 goals ) National team 1966–1974 England 67 (20 goals)
European Cup-Winners' Cup: Winner 1965 Football League Cup: Runner-up 1966 League Cup: Winner 1971, 1973 UEFA Cup Winner: 1972 Runner-up: 1974 Anglo-Italian League Cup: Winner 1971 World Cup: Winner 1966 European Championship: 3rd place 1968
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
