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English footballer

Sid Stanton
Personal information
Full name Sidney Horley Stanton
Date of birth (1923-06-16)16 June 1923
Place of birth Dudley, England
Date of death 20 February 2005(2005-02-20) (aged 81)
Place of death Dudley, England
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. He played as a defender or wing half.

Stanton was born in Dudley, which was then part of Worcestershire, in 1923. 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. He moved on to Northampton Town, where he made seven appearances in the Third Division South between 1947 and 1949. 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. Stanton died in 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Sid Stanton". Rage Online. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
  2. England and Wales, Death Index, 1989–2018
  3. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916–2007
  4. ^ "Northampton Town: 1946/47–2010/11". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  5. Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. pp. 238–40. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
  6. Rollin, Jack (2005). Soccer at War 1939–45. London: Headline. p. 276. ISBN 978-0-7553-1431-7.
  7. "All games played by Sid Stanton". Rage Online. Retrieved 31 August 2015.


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