Stanley Matthews he helped Blackpool to win the cup with a formidable personal performance in the "Matthews Final" of 1953. Between 1934 and 1957 he won 54 caps for England, playing in the FIFA World Cup in 1950 and 1954, and winning nine British Home Championship titles. Following an unsuccessful stint as Port Vale's general manager between 1965 and 1968, he travelled around the world, coaching enthusiastic amateurs. The most notable of his coaching experiences came in 1975 in South Africa, where in spite of the harsh apartheid laws of the time he established an all-black team in Soweto known as "Stan's
T. S. Matthews T. S. Matthews Thomas Stanley "T. S." Matthews (January 16, 1901 – January 4, 1991) was an American magazine editor, journalist, and author. He served as editor of "Time" magazine from 1949 to 1953. Thomas Stanley Matthews was born on January 16, 1901, in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father was New Jersey bishop, Paul Clement Matthews; and his mother was Elsie Procter, the Procter & Gamble heiress. His grandfather was Stanley Matthews. He had two sisters, Margaret (later Flinsch) and Dorothea (later Dooling). He earned a first bachelor's degree from Princeton University in 1922 and a second from New College at