Stanley Matthews

Sir **Stanley Matthews** CBE (born 1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. He was born in Stoke-on-Trent. Matthews played football for Stoke City, Blackpool in the Football League, as well as Toronto City in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League. He was knighted in 1965 and died in 2000.  He was the first person to be knighted for services to football.

During World War II, he joined the Royal Air Force, and rose to the rank of corporal. He continued to play for Stoke City during the war, but also made guest appearances for Airdrieonians, Morton, Rangers, an unofficial Scotland XI, and Arsenal.

He was the first player to win the Ballon d'Or in 1956. He was later voted the 11th best footballer of the 20th century by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="12"|Stoke City|1931–32|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|First Division|36|10|1|1|37|11|||
|1935–36|First Division|40|10|5|0|45|10|||
|1936–37|First Division|40|7|2|0|42|7|||
|1937–38|First Division|38|6|3|0|41|6|||
|1938–39|First Division|36|2|2|0|38|2|||
|1939–40|First Division|3|0|—|3|0||||
|1945–46|Football League North|—|8|0|8|0||||
|1946–47|First Division|23|4|5|1|28|5|||
|rowspan="16"|Blackpool|1947–48|First Division|33|1|6|0|39|1|
|1948–49|First Division|25|3|3|0|28|3|||
|1949–50|First Division|31|0|3|0|34|0|||
|1950–51|First Division|36|0|8|0|44|0|||
|1951–52|First Division|18|1|1|0|19|1|||
|1952–53|First Division|20|4|7|1|27|5|||
|1953–54|First Division|30|2|7|0|37|2|||
|1954–55|First Division|34|1|1|0|35|1|||
|1955–56|First Division|36|3|1|0|37|3|||
|1956–57|First Division|25|2|4|0|29|2|||
|1957–58|First Division|28|0|1|0|29|0|||
|1958–59|First Division|19|0|6|0|25|0|||
|1959–60|First Division|15|0|0|0|15|0|||
|1960–61|First Division|27|0|1|0|28|0|||
|1961–62|First Division|2|0|—|2|0||||
|rowspan="5"|Stoke City|1961–62|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|||
|rowspan="3"|Toronto City (loan)|1961|Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League|14|0|—|14|0||
|1965|Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League|6|0|—|6|0||||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|England|1934|2|1|
|1935|1|0|||
|1937|3|4|||
|1938|8|3|||
|1939|3|0|||
|1947|6|1|||
|1948|6|1|||
|1949|1|0|||
|1950|2|0|||
|1951|1|0|||
|1953|3|0|||
|1954|5|0|||
|1955|5|0|||
|1956|5|1|||
|1957|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list England's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Matthews goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|29 September 1934|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales|||4–0|1934–35 British Home Championship||||||||
|2|17 November 1937|Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough, England|||2–1|1937–38 British Home Championship||||||||
|3|1 December 1937|White Hart Lane, London, England|||5–4|Friendly||||||||
|4||||||||||||||
|5||||||||||||||
|6|14 May 1938|Olympiastadion, Berlin, Germany|||6–3|Friendly||||||||
|7|22 October 1938|Ninian Park, Cardiff, Wales|||2–4|1938–39 British Home Championship||||||||
|8|18 November 1938|Old Trafford, Manchester, England|||7–0|1938–39 British Home Championship||||||||
|9|25 May 1947|Estádio Nacional, Lisbon, Portugal|||10–0|Friendly||||||||
|10|9 October 1948|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|||6–2|1948–49 British Home Championship||||||||
|11|6 October 1956|Windsor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland|||1–1|1956–57 British Home Championship||||||||

### Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan=5|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Port Vale|align=left|31 May 1967|align=left|31 May 1968|||

### Player

**Stoke City**
- Football League Second Division: 1932–33, 1962–63
- Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1933–34

**Rangers**
- Glasgow Charity Cup: 1940–41

**Blackpool**
- Football League First Division
    - Runner-up: 1955–56
- FA Cup: 1952–53
    - Runner-up: 1947–48, 1950–51
- Football League War Cup: 1942–43

**England**
- British Home Championship: 1935, 1938, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957

- a.  The Championship was shared with Scotland in 1935, with Wales and Scotland in 1939, and with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1956.

### Manager

**Hibernians**
- Maltese FA Trophy: 1970–71
- Independence Cup: 1970–71
- Sons of Malta Cup: 1970–71

### Individual

- FWA Footballer of the Year: 1948, 1963
- Ballon d'Or: 1956
- Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy: 1986
- PFA Merit Award: 1987
- 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

### Orders

- CBE: 1957
- Knight Bachelor: 1965

## Other websites

- A Short Profile
- Biography (in spanish)

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Stanley Matthews
- **image**: Stanley Matthews 1962 (crop).jpg
- **caption**: Stanley Matthews in 1962
- **fullname**: Stanley Matthews
- **birth place**: Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England
- **death place**: Stoke-on-Trent, England
- **position**: Forward (association football)#Outside forward, Outside right
- **youthyears1**: 1930–1932
- **youthclubs1**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **years1**: 1932–1947
- **clubs1**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps1**: 259
- **goals1**: 51
- **years2**: 1947–1961
- **clubs2**: Blackpool F.C., Blackpool
- **caps2**: 379
- **goals2**: 17
- **years3**: 1961
- **clubs3**: → Toronto City (loan)
- **caps3**: 14
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1961–1965
- **clubs4**: Stoke City F.C., Stoke City
- **caps4**: 59
- **goals4**: 3
- **years5**: 1965
- **clubs5**: → Toronto City (loan)
- **caps5**: 6
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 717
- **totalgoals**: 71
- **nationalyears1**: 1929
- **nationalteam1**: English Schools' Football Association, England Schoolboys
- **nationalcaps1**: 1
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1934–1956
- **nationalteam2**: The Football League XI
- **nationalcaps2**: 13
- **nationalgoals2**: 2
- **nationalyears3**: 1934–1957
- **nationalteam3**: England national football team, England
- **nationalcaps3**: 54
- **nationalgoals3**: 11
- **nationalyears4**: 1947–1955
- **nationalteam4**: United Kingdom national football team, Great Britain
- **nationalcaps4**: 2
- **nationalgoals4**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1967–1968
- **managerclubs1**: Port Vale F.C., Port Vale