# Stan Watson

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{{Short description|English footballer (1937–2014)}}
{{for|the American politician|Stan Watson (politician)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name        = Stan Watson
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|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](/source/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](/source/Wing_half), [centre half](/source/centre_half)
|youthyears1 =          |youthclubs1 = 
|years1      = 1957–1959 |clubs1 = [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) |caps1 = 27 |goals1 = 0
}}
'''Stanley Watson''' (17 March 1937 – 16 January 2014) was an English [footballer](/source/association_football) who made 27 appearances in the [Football League](/source/English_Football_League) playing as a [wing half](/source/wing_half) or [centre half](/source/centre_half) for [Darlington](/source/Darlington_F.C.) 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](/source/Workington_A.F.C.), 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](/source/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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Category:1937 births
Category:2014 deaths
Category:Footballers from Darlington
Category:English men's footballers
Category:Men's association football wing halves
Category:Darlington F.C. players
Category:English Football League players
Category:20th-century English sportsmen

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