Stan Montgomery

Infobox Football biography
playername = Stan Montgomery


fullname = Stanley William Montgomery
dateofbirth = Birth date|1920|07|7|df=y
cityofbirth = Silvertown
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath = death date and age|2000|10|5|1920|07|7|df=y
cityofdeath = Cardiff
countryofdeath = Wales
height =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = ?-1946
1946
1946-1948
1948-1955
1955
1955-1956
1956-?
?-?
clubs = Romford
Hull City
Southend United
Cardiff City
Worcester City
Newport County
Llanelli
Ton Pentre
caps(goals) = 00? (?)
005 (0)
096 (7)
231 (4)
00? (?)
009 (0)
00? (?)
00? (?)
nationalyears =
nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =

Stanley William "Stan" Montgomery (born 7 July, 1920 in Silvertown, died 5 October, 2000) is a former English professional footballer. He was the son-in-law of 1927 FA Cup winner Jimmy Nelson

Career

Montgomery began his career playing non-league football for Romford during World War II, also guesting on several occasions for Southend United. Following the end of the war he signed for Hull City but only spent a short period at the club before returing to play at Southend. He remained at the club until 1948 when he joined Cardiff City for a fee of £6,000, on the recommendation of his father-in-law Jimmy Nelson who played for the club in the 1920's.

He made a goalscoring debut for the club against Grimsby Town in January 1949 and played the remaining seventeen matches of the season and went on to miss very few games for the Blubirds over the next seven years and helped them to promotion during the 1951-52 season. He eventually left the club n 1955 and returned to non-league football with Worcester City before finishing is career in Wales with spells at Newport County, Llanelli and Ton Pentre. After his retiremnet he joined Cardiff again to work as a trainer before joining Bristol Rovers as a scout in the South Wales area and later returned to Ninian Park on the request of manager Alan Durban to take charge of the clubs trialists.

As well as being a professional footballer, Montgomery also played cricket for Glamorgan making his debut in 1949 with a total of 117 against Hampshire. [ [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/92924.html "Stan Montgomery the former Glamorgan batsman and Cardiff City has died today"] contentusa.com Retrieved on 26 March, 2008]

References

Persondata
NAME= Montgomery, Stanley William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Montgomery, Stan
SHORT DESCRIPTION=
DATE OF BIRTH= 1920-07-7
PLACE OF BIRTH= Silvertown, England
DATE OF DEATH= 2000-10-5
PLACE OF DEATH= Cardiff, Wales