Stan Edwards (footballer, born 1942)

Stan Edwards
Personal information
Full name	Stanley Edwards
Date of birth	11 December 1942
Place of birth	West Bromwich, England
Date of death	February 2014 (aged 71)
Place of death	Denbigh, Wales
Position(s)	Left winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1959–1961	Everton
1961–1963	Port Vale
	Bangor City
Total
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stanley Edwards (11 December 1942 – February 2014) was an English footballer who played for Everton, Port Vale, and Bangor City.

Career

Edwards began his career at Everton and played in the 1961 FA Youth Cup final defeat to a Chelsea side that included Ron Harris and Terry Venables. However, he never made his first-team debut at Goodison Park and instead signed with Norman Low's Port Vale in May 1961.^[1] He played 22 Third Division games in the 1961–62 season, and scored his first goal in the Football League on 17 March, in a 4–0 win over Lincoln City at Vale Park; he also claimed goals against Coventry City and Brentford.^[1] In the 1962–63 campaign he scored six goals in 27 league games and two goals in four FA Cup appearances.^[1] Despite this reasonable goal return he was transferred to Bangor City in July 1963.^[1]

Source:^[3]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Everton	1959–60	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0
Port Vale	1960–61	Third Division	22	3	0	0	22	3
	1961–62	Third Division	27	6	4	2	31	8
	Total		49	9	4	2	53	11

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 94. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
^ ^a ^b "Stan Edwards". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
^ Stan Edwards at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)