1935 | Stanley Matthews | W.D & H.O WILLS | ASSOCIATION FOOTBALLERS | PSA Grade 4
1935 | Stanley Matthews | W.D & H.O WILLS | ASSOCIATION FOOTBALLERS | PSA Grade 4
Card Population: 8
Graded higher: 4
Year: 1935
Trade Brand: W.D & H.O WILLS
Collection: Association Footballers
Card No: 28
Player / Subject: Stanley Matthews
For soccer / football cards
Club featured on card: Stoke City
Player position: Inside right
Player record:
Senior career | |||
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Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1932–1947 | Stoke City | 259 | (51) |
1947–1961 | Blackpool | 379 | (17) |
1961 | → Toronto City (loan) | 14 | (0) |
1961–1965 | Stoke City | 59 | (3) |
1965 | → Toronto City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
Total | 717 | (71) | |
International career | |||
1929 | England Schoolboys | 1 | (0) |
1934–1956 | The Football League XI | 13 | (2) |
1934–1957 | England | 54 | (11) |
1947–1965 | United Kingdom | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1967–1968 | Port Vale |
Other notable history:
Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time,[5] 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".
Stoke City
Rangers
Blackpool
England
- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1948, 1963
- Ballon d'Or: 1956
- Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy: 1986
- PFA Merit Award: 1987
- FIFA Gold Order of Merit: 1992
- FWA Tribute Award: 1995
- Ontario Sports Hall of Fame: 1995 (Honorary member)
- Football League 100 Legends: 1998
- English Football Hall of Fame: 2002
- PFA Team of the Century (1907–1976): 2007
- IFFHS Legends
- IFFHS men's All Time England dream team
- IFFHS England Player of the Century: #2
- IFFHS European Player of the Century: #8
- IFFHS World Player of the Century: #11
Condition: graded 8
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