Wally St Pier

Wally St Pier

Personal information
Full name	Stanley Walter St Pier
Date of birth	(1904-10-08)8 October 1904
Place of birth	Beacontree Heath, Dagenham, England
Date of death	1989 (aged 84–85)
Place of death	Daventry, England
Playing position	Centre-half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
19??–1929	Ilford
1929–1933	West Ham United	24	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Stanley Walter (Wally) St Pier ( 8 October 1904 – 1989) was an English footballer and scout.

Career

St Pier arrived at West Ham United from Ilford in April 1929 making his senior debut in October 1929 against Leicester City. Spending most of his time as understudy to Jim Barrett, St Pier managed only 24 appearances for The Hammers before retiring from playing in 1932.^[1] St Pier was appointed club chief scout by manager Charlie Paynter and was responsible for the discovery of John Lyall,^[2] Bobby Moore,^[3] Geoff Hurst, Martin Peters,^[4] Pat Holland,^[5] Frank Lampard, Paul Brush and Alan Curbishley,^[6] amongst others, through his scouting network. Given a testimonial in May 1975, he retired in 1976 after 47 years service to West Ham.^[7]

Death

St Pier died in 1989.^[7]

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