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01/01/1915 BORN ON THIS DAY - SIR STANLEY MATTHEWS Stanley Matthews with the ball before his testimonial match at Stoke, his last game before retirement Stock Photo - Alamy
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The Sporting Statues Project: Sir Stanley Matthews: Town Road Shopping Precinct, Hanley, Staffordshire
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Stanley Matthews on classic video: The Wizard in action for Stoke City, England and Blackpool - Stoke-on-Trent Live
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How 'first gentleman of football' Sir Stanley Matthews ditched his wife for a blonde communist spy | Daily Mail Online
![When Blackpool legend Sir Stanley Matthews got the better of his Preston adversary Sir Tom Finney | Blackpool Gazette When Blackpool legend Sir Stanley Matthews got the better of his Preston adversary Sir Tom Finney | Blackpool Gazette](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/QVNIMTIyOTcyMjcw.jpg?width=1200&enable=upscale)
When Blackpool legend Sir Stanley Matthews got the better of his Preston adversary Sir Tom Finney | Blackpool Gazette
![Find out how much football legend Sir Stanley Matthews' first contract sold for in Derbyshire - Derbyshire Live Find out how much football legend Sir Stanley Matthews' first contract sold for in Derbyshire - Derbyshire Live](https://i2-prod.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/article365850.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Stanley-4JPG.jpg)
Find out how much football legend Sir Stanley Matthews' first contract sold for in Derbyshire - Derbyshire Live
![Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/01/31/19/stoke.jpg?width=1200)
Stanley Matthews: Stoke City legend Sir Stan was always out there on his own | The Independent | The Independent
![Footballer of the Year 1948 & 1963: Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and Stoke City – Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 1948 & 1963: Stanley Matthews, Blackpool and Stoke City – Football Writers' Association](https://footballwriters-co-uk5.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2000/05/01140331/22d2f0_d34dcfe32e1d41b2ab08e7254192ee45_mv2.webp)