It's 15 years to the day since we lost one of English football’s all-time greats.
Sir Stanley Matthews was the first player to win the European Footballer of the Year award, as well as being the first and only player so far to be knighted while he was still playing.
He won 54 England caps during a playing career that spanned over 30 years and included the Second World War, with his most famous moment coming in 1953’s FA Cup final, when he inspired Blackpool to a 4-3 win over Bolton Wanderers in what later became known as the "Matthews Final."
Matthews was one of the greatest wingers in world football history. Here we remember 16 other players who share that status with the English icon.
from Bleacher Report http://ift.tt/1vrxMRv
via IFTTT February 22, 2015 at 11:00PM
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