Stanley Watson (17 March 1937 – 16 January 2014) was an English

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who made 27 appearances in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

playing as a wing half or centre half for

Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. The River Skerne flows through the town; it is a tributary of the River Tees. The Tees itself flows south of the town. In the 19th century, Darlington underwen ...

in the 1950s. He made his debut playing at centre half on 8 February 1958 away to

Workington Workington is a coastal town and civil parish at the mouth of the River Derwent on the west coast in the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England. The town was historically in Cumberland. At the 2011 census it had a population of 25,207. Loca ...

, in a team weakened when heavy snow prevented some players from reaching the ground. Watson was married to British 400m runner

Joy Grieveson Elizabeth Joyce "Joy" Grieveson (born 31 October 1941) from Darlington, United Kingdom, is a retired track and field athlete. Athletics career She won the silver medal in the women's 400 metres at the 1962 European Athletics Championships ...

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1937 births 2014 deaths Footballers from Darlington English men's footballers Men's association football wing halves Darlington F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1930s-stub