Feet First by Stanley Matthews
Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.
Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".
1st edition hardback with no dust jacket.
Nice copy small octavo 156pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Autobiography of the great Blackpool & England forward possibly the finest player ever at that time.
Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.
Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".
1st edition hardback with no dust jacket.
Nice copy small octavo 156pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Autobiography of the great Blackpool & England forward possibly the finest player ever at that time.
Sir Stanley Matthews CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer who played as an outside right.
Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game and one of the greatest players of all time, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. His nicknames included "The Wizard of Dribble" and "The Magician".
1st edition hardback with no dust jacket.
Nice copy small octavo 156pp., frontis., b/w plates, index, Autobiography of the great Blackpool & England forward possibly the finest player ever at that time.