Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sidney Horley Stanton [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 June 1923||
Place of birth | Dudley, England | ||
Date of death | 20 February 2005[2] | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Dudley, England [3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
194?–1949 | Northampton Town | 7 | (0) |
1949–1951 | Headington United | 48 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sidney Horley Stanton (16 June 1923 – 20 February 2005) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Northampton Town. [4] He played as a defender or wing half.
Stanton was born in Dudley, which was then part of Worcestershire, in 1923. [1] He began his football career with Birmingham City, and played in the various wartime competitions during the Second World War, but made no first-team appearances once competitive football resumed after the war. [5] [6] He moved on to Northampton Town, where he made seven appearances in the Third Division South between 1947 and 1949. [4] In 1949 he joined Headington United, newly admitted to the Southern League, where he spent two seasons, making 51 appearances in all first-team competitions. [7] Stanton died in 2005. [1]
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sidney Horley Stanton [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 June 1923||
Place of birth | Dudley, England | ||
Date of death | 20 February 2005[2] | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Dudley, England [3] | ||
Position(s) | Defender / Wing half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
– | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
194?–1949 | Northampton Town | 7 | (0) |
1949–1951 | Headington United | 48 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sidney Horley Stanton (16 June 1923 – 20 February 2005) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Northampton Town. [4] He played as a defender or wing half.
Stanton was born in Dudley, which was then part of Worcestershire, in 1923. [1] He began his football career with Birmingham City, and played in the various wartime competitions during the Second World War, but made no first-team appearances once competitive football resumed after the war. [5] [6] He moved on to Northampton Town, where he made seven appearances in the Third Division South between 1947 and 1949. [4] In 1949 he joined Headington United, newly admitted to the Southern League, where he spent two seasons, making 51 appearances in all first-team competitions. [7] Stanton died in 2005. [1]