Stanley Matthews Stanley Matthews Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, 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. Matthews' nicknames included "The Wizard of the Dribble" and "The Magician". Matthews kept fit enough to play at the top level until he was 50 years old. Matthews was also the oldest player
Sir Richard Ingoldsby (knighted 1617) Sir Richard Ingoldsby (knighted 1617) Sir Richard Ingoldsby, KB, of Lethenborough, Buckinghamshire, was the son of Sir Richard Ingoldsby (d. 1635) of Lethenborough, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire in 1606, and of his first wife Elizabeth Palmer. She was the daughter of William Palmer, of Waddesdon, Buckingamshire and Joyce Pigott, (b. 20 Dec 1548, married 28 Aug 1572). He was knighted on 22 October 1617 by King James I, during a royal visit to his father-in-law's house at Hinchingbrooke. He married before 1614 Elizabeth Cromwell, (d. 2 May 1666), the daughter of Sir Oliver Cromwell of Hinchingbrooke House, who was