Blackpool FC25appearances, 23 goals (four on debut) P 25 W 17 D 2 L 6 F 81: A 3872% successful 1947-53captain: noneminutes played: 2250
Timeline
Stanley Harding Mortensen
Birth
26 May 1921 in South Shields, County Durham[registered in South Shields, June 1921]. To Christopher Harding & Sarah Ellen (née Baker)
Marriage
to Jean Galloway, on 2 November 1943 at Holy Trinity Parish Church in Blackpool[registered in Blackpool, December 1943]. Bill Andrews, the Somerset cricketer, was his best man. They spent their honeymoon in Aberdeen.
Stanley opened a shop in Blackpool, selling sports equipment. It was at 2A Nelson Road in the town. Telephone number 25828.He is also found in the phone book from 1969 to 1972 at his home address of 79 Lytham Road, you could call him on Blackpool 46705.
Death
22 May 1991 in Blackpool, aged 69 years 360 days [registered in Blackpool & Fylde, May 1991]**. His funeral was held at St John's Church, Blackpool, cremated at Carleton Crematorium, Carleton, Lancashire.
Source
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Biographies
Football is My Game - Stan Mortensen (Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1949)
x. - A Football Compendium, Peter J. Seddon (1999).
Club Career
Played local schools football and then an ex-schoolboys team based in South Shields. He joined Blackpool FC in April 1937 and guested for Aberdeen FC during WW2, as well as Bath City FC and Arsenal FC, where he scored 25 goals in nineteen wartime appearances**. He returned to Blackpool FC to play the best football of his career,** scoring 197 league goals in 317 league appearances**. Signed for Hull City AFC in November 1955 for a £2000 transfer fee. Joined Southport FC in February 1957. He announced his retirement on 28 April 1958, but still joined Bath City FC in July 1958, eventually announcing his retirement on 10 May 1959. He did however, come out of retirement in November 1960 and signed for Lancaster City FC, reaffirming his retirement in March 1962.**
Club honours:FA Cup runners-up 1947-48, 1950-51**, winners** 1952-53;
Individual honours:Football League (five appearances); Football Writers' AssociationFootballer of the Year runner-up 1947-48, third 1949-50;
Distinctions: Football League highest score**r 1950-51 (thirty goals);
Height/Weight
5' 9½", 11st. 7lbs [1950].
Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
Management Career
Club(s)
Took over the managerial reigns at Blackpool FC from 20 February 1967 until April 1969. Became the honorary vice-president of the club in October 1983.
England Career
Player number
667th player to appear for England
Position(s)
Inside/centre-forward
First match
No. 234, 25 May 1947, Portugal 0 England 10, an end-of-season tour atEstadio Nacional, Oeiras, Lisboa, aged 25 years 364 days.
Last match
No. 284, 25 November 1953, England 3 Hungary 6, a friendly match at The Empire Stadium, Wembley, London, aged 32 years 183 days.
Major tournaments
World Cup Finals 1950; British Championship 1947-48, 1948-49, 1949-50, 1950-51;
Team honours
British Championship winners 1947-48, 1949-50;
Individual honours
England wartime(two appearances), England B (two appearances, 1947-48)England's Top Goalscorer 1947 (9 along with Lawton), 1947-48 (7), 1948 (5), 1948-49 (3 along with Milburn, Finney and Morris), 1949-50 (6);
Distinctions
During a wartime international at Wembley in 1943, England allowed their reserve, Mortensen, to appear as a substitute for opponents Wales - because the Welsh had run out of players.The first England player to score in the World Cup Final tournament.Stanley could have played for Norway, his grandfather, Hans, was born in Norway, before moving to South Shields. The fiftieth Durhamer to represent England.Died five days after Harold Hobbis.
Beyond England
As a wireless operator in the RAF, Mortensen narrowly escaped death in a wartime plane crash. He suffered head injuries in the accident, in which the pilot and bomb aimer were both killed and the navigator lost a leg. After he retired from football, he ran a sports shop in Blackpool. -An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.181.
The Numbers
parties
Apps
comp. apps
unused/ reserve
minutes
goals ave.min
comp. goals
captain
27
25
13
five
2250
23
98 min
9
eight
none
minutes are an approximation, due to the fact that many matches rarely stick to exactly ninety minutes long, allowing time for injuries and errors.
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
25
17
2
6
81
38
+43
3
9
3.24
1.52
72
+11
Venue Record
Venue
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
Home
10
5
2
3
30
23
+7
0
2
3.00
2.30
60.0
+2
Away
12
11
0
1
49
13
+36
0
5
4.083
1.083
91.7
+10
Neutral
3
1
0
2
2
2
=0
2
1
0.667
0.667
33.3
-1
Shirt Record
Colour
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
White
23
16
2
5
79
36
+43
2
9
3.435
1.565
73.9
+11
Blue
1
0
0
1
0
1
-1
1
0
0.00
1.00
0.00
-1
Red
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
0
0
2.00
1.00
100.0
+1
Competition Record
Competition
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
WCP
3
3
0
0
14
3
+11
0
1
4.667
1.00
100.0
+3
WCF
3
1
0
2
2
2
=0
2
1
0.667
0.667
33.3
-1
World Cup
6
4
0
2
16
5
+11
3
2
2.667
0.833
66.7
+2
British Championship
10
7
1
2
31
11
+20
0
4
3.10
1.10
75.0
+5
The 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
Friendly
12
9
1
2
48
23
+25
0
3
4.00
1.917
79.2
+7
Tournament Record
World Cup Preliminary Competition
Type
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
WCP/BC 1949-50
3
3
0
0
14
3
+11
0
1
4.667
1.00
100.0
+3
WCP All
3
3
0
0
14
3
+11
0
1
4.667
1.00
100.0
+3
World Cup Final Tournaments
Type
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
WCF 1950
3
1
0
2
2
2
=0
2
1
0.667
0.667
33.3
-1
WCF All
3
1
0
2
2
2
=0
2
1
0.667
0.667
33.3
-1
World Cup
Type
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
WC 1949-50
6
4
0
2
16
5
+11
3
2
2.667
0.833
66.7
+2
WC All
6
4
0
2
16
5
+11
3
2
2.667
0.833
66.7
+2
British Championship Competition
Type
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
BC 1947-48
3
2
1
0
7
2
+5
0
2
2.333
0.667
83.3
+2
BC 1948-49
3
2
0
1
8
5
+3
0
1
2.667
1.667
66.7
+1
BC/WCP 1949-50
3
3
0
0
14
3
+11
0
1
4.667
1.00
100.0
+3
BC 1950-51
1
0
0
1
2
3
-1
0
0
2.00
3.00
0.00
-1
BC All
10
7
1
2
31
11
+20
0
4
3.10
1.10
75.0
+5
All Competition
Type
P
W
D
L
F
A
GD
FTS
CS
FAv
AAv
Pts%
W/L
WC
6
4
0
2
16
5
+11
3
2
2.667
0.833
66.7
+2
BC
10
7
1
2
31
11
+20
0
4
3.10
1.10
75.0
+5
The 1949-50 records of the World Cup preliminaries and British Championship are duplicated, and one set is deducted from the grand total.
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