Eric Skeels
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Eric Skeels (b 27 October 1939 in Eccles) was an English footballer.
Reputed to have written to Stoke City for a trial while playing as an amateur at Stockport County. He made his City debut in 1959, and subsequently played for the club for the next seventeen years, amassing a club record total of 606 appearances, 507 in the League.
He became known as 'Mr Dependable' and could play in either the full-back or left-half positions, helping the club to win the Second Division title in 1963 and finish League Cup runners-up in 1964.
He left in 1976, aged thirty six, and after a short spell in America joined Port Vale, where he remained until May, 1977 before moving on to Leek Town.
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