Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stanley William Montgomery | ||
Date of birth | 7 July 1920 | ||
Place of birth | Silvertown, England | ||
Date of death | 5 October 2000 | (aged 80)||
Place of death | Cardiff, Wales | ||
Playing position | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
?–1946 | Romford | ? | (?) |
1946 | Hull City | 5 | (0) |
1946–1948 | Southend United | 96 | (7) |
1948–1955 | Cardiff City | 231 | (4) |
1955 | Worcester City | ? | (?) |
1955–1956 | Newport County | 9 | (0) |
1956– ? | Llanelli | ? | (?) |
?– ? | Ton Pentre | ? | (?) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
Stanley William "Stan" Montgomery (born 7 July 1920 in Silvertown, died 5 October 2000 in Cardiff) is a former English professional footballer and first-class cricketer. He was the son-in-law of 1927 FA Cup winner Jimmy Nelson, who also played over 200 times for Cardiff City.
Montgomery began his football career playing for non-league 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 there before returning 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 had played for Cardiff in the 1920s.
He made a goalscoring debut for Cardiff against Grimsby Town in January 1949 and played the remaining seventeen matches of the season. He missed 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 in 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 retirement 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.
Montgomery was also a first-class cricketer with Glamorgan from 1949 to 1953. He joined Glamorgan from Barry Athletic Club and made his first-class debut against Derbyshire at the Arms Park in 1949.[1] He made his highest first-class score of 117, his maiden century, against Hampshire later that season, sharing a fifth-wicket stand of 264 with Maurice Robinson (190).[2] This is still the fifth-wicket record partnership for Glamorgan.[3]