{{Short description|English footballer (1937–2014)}} {{for|the American politician|Stan Watson (politician)}} {{use British English|date=December 2018}} {{use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Stan Watson |image = |image_size = |caption = |fullname = Stanley Watson<ref name=Hugman/> |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|3|17|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|20645|accessdate=24 December 2016}}</ref> |birth_place = Darlington,<ref name=Hugman/> England |death_date = {{death date and age|2014|1|16|1937|3|17|df=y}}<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/announcements/deaths/deaths/10953587.Stan_WATSON/ |title=Deaths: Stan Watson |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=22 January 2014 |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> |death_place = Darlington,<ref name=Hugman/> England |height = |position = Wing half, centre half |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = |years1 = 1957–1959 |clubs1 = Darlington |caps1 = 27 |goals1 = 0 }} '''Stanley Watson''' (17 March 1937 – 16 January 2014) was an English footballer who made 27 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or centre half for Darlington in the 1950s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/darlington/darlington.html |title=Darlington: 1946/47–1988/89 & 1990/91–2009/10 |website=UK A–Z Transfers |publisher=Neil Brown |accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> He made his debut playing at centre half on 8 February 1958 away to Workington, in a team weakened when heavy snow prevented some players from reaching the ground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:MNEB1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F68893936AE8834&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Starting a flurry of interest in Keith's |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=19 January 2001 |via=Newsbank}}</ref>
Watson was married to British 400m runner Joy Grieveson.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/7158369.Gap_in_the_Wall_filled_at_last/ |title=Gap in the Wall filled at last |newspaper=The Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=7 March 2006 |accessdate=24 December 2016}}</ref>
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