Sir Stanley Matthews |Wizard Of Dribble
Stoke City Football Player

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Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE(February 1 1915 - February 23 2000) was a football player, often regarded as one of the greats of the English game. Gaining the nicknames The Wizard of the Dribble and The Magician, Matthews retains his reputation as one of the finest dribblers of the ball in the history of association football. A teetotaller and vegetarian, he kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50 years old, the oldest player ever to play in England's top football division.

Sir Stanley Matthews - the first professional footballer to be knighted - was the most renowned player of modern times. His professional career covered some 33 years. When he retired in 1965 -aged 50 - he had made nearly 700 League appearances for Stoke City and Blackpool and had played for England 84 times, including two appearances for Great Britain.

As an outside-right he was without compare. A thin, frail-looking man, he had a marvellous sense of balance and timing; his sudden bursts of speed over 20 yards or so was one of the wonders of the game, and earned him the nickname "the wizard of dribble".

wizard of dribble

Known as the 'Wizard of dribble', Stanley Matthews was born February 1, 1915 at Seymour Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. Son of a professional featherweight boxer, he joined Stoke City straight from school at the age of fourteen.