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Stanley Matthews
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English association football player (1915-2000)
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Stanley Matthews was a male association football player, coach, and autobiographer from the United Kingdom. Born in Hanley in 1915 and dying in Newcastle-under-Lyme in 2000, he played as a wing half and forward for Blackpool F.C., Stoke City F.C., and the England men's national association football team. He also participated in the 1950 and 1954 FIFA World Cups. Additionally, he served as a coach for Port Vale F.C. and served in the Royal Air Force.
Matthews received several awards, including the Ballon d'Or, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and Knight Bachelor. He is recognized in the Ballon Dor collection. A vegetarian who spoke English, he had a child named Stanley Matthews. His cause of death was disease.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Stanley
- Family name
- Matthews
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hanley
- Place of death
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Child
- Stanley Matthews
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Knight Bachelor
- Participant in
- 1950 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- United Kingdom national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- England
- Military branch
- Royal Air Force
- Image
- Stanley Matthews statue1.jpg
- Height
- 174
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- Commons category
- Stanley Matthews
- date of birth
- 1915-02-01
- date of death
- 2000-02-23
- lifestyle
- vegetarianism
- cause of death
- disease
- coach of sports team
- Port Vale F.C.
- name in native language
- Stanley Matthews
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
Sir Stanley Matthews (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest English players, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".
Matthews kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50. He was also the oldest player to play in England's top football division (50 years and 5 days) and the oldest to represent the country (42 years and 104 days). He was an inaugural inductee to the English Football Hall of Fame in 2002 to honour his contribution to the English game.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stanley Matthews” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.