Stanley Matthews

Stanley Matthews
Personal information
Full name	Stanley Matthews
Date of birth	1 February 1915
Place of birth	Hanley, England
Date of death	23 February 2000 (aged 85)
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 81⁄2 in)
Playing position	Midfielder (retired)
Senior career*
National team
Teams managed
1965-1968	Port Vale
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.; † Appearances (Goals).;

Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (born 1 February 1915 - died 23 February 2000) was a famous English football player. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent. Matthews played football for Stoke City and Blackpool. He was knighted in 1965 and he died in 2000.

Club career statistics [change]

Club performance			League		Cup		Total
Season	Club	League	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
England			League		FA Cup		Total
1931/32	Stoke City	Second Division	2	0	0	0	2	0
1932/33		Second Division	15	1	0	0	15	1
1933/34		First Division	29	11	4	4	33	15
1934/35			36	10	1	1	37	11
1935/36			40	10	5	0	45	10
1936/37			40	7	2	0	42	7
1937/38			38	6	3	0	41	6
1938/39			36	2	2	0	38	2
1939/40			3	0	0	0	3	0
1945/46			-		8	0	8	0
1946/47			23	4	5	1	28	5
1947/48	Blackpool	First Division	33	1	6	1	39	2
1948/49			26	3	3	0	29	3
1949/50			31	0	3	0	34	0
1950/51			36	0	8	0	44	0
1951/52			18	1	1	0	19	1
1952/53			20	4	7	1	27	5
1953/54			30	2	7	0	37	2
1954/55			34	1	1	0	35	1
1955/56			36	3	1	0	37	3
1956/57			25	2	4	0	29	4
1957/58			28	0	1	0	29	0
1958/59			19	0	6	0	25	0
1959/60			15	0	0	0	15	0
1960/61			27	0	1	0	28	0
1961/62			2	0	0	0	2	0
1961/62	Stoke City	Second Division	18	2	3	1	21	3
1962/63		Second Division	31	1	0	0	31	1
1963/64		First Division	9	0	4	1	13	1
1964/65		First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
Country	England		701	71	86	10	187	81
Total			701	71	86	10	187	81