Stan Seymour
Personal information | |||
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Full name | George Stanley Seymour | ||
Date of birth | 16 May 1895 | ||
Place of birth | Kelloe, England | ||
Date of death | 24 December 1978 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (1.69 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) |
Winger, forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1909–1911 | Shildon Athletic | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1911–1912 | Bradford City | 1 | (0) |
1912–1920 | Greenock Morton | 233 | (85) |
1920–1929 | Newcastle United | 242 | (73) |
Total | 476 | (158) | |
International career | |||
1918[2][3] | England (wartime) | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1939–1947 | Newcastle United | ||
1950–1954 | Newcastle United | ||
1956–1958 | Newcastle United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
George Stanley Seymour Sr (16 May 1895 – 24 December 1978) was an English
Career
Early career
Seymour was born in Kelloe. After originally being rejected by Newcastle United as a teenager (the local pit worker was told to "come back when you grow up"), he played some non-league football for Shildon Athletic and Coxhoe before joining Bradford City in 1911 for a short spell, making only one competitive appearance. He then joined Scottish side Greenock Morton.[4] He developed as a player at Morton, becoming popular with the locals who called him "the little Englishman". Unlike in England, a fairly normal league season was played throughout the First World War in Scotland, and in all of Seymour's time in Greenock, Morton never finished outside the top four of what was a highly competitive league.[4] The moment he had gone, they slipped dramatically down the table. His performances were noticed back in England and he was eventually offered a transfer to Newcastle, the club who originally rejected him, in 1920 for a fee of £2,500.[5]
Newcastle United
It did not take long for Seymour to become a crowd favourite at
As director, he had control of first-team affairs, but like
In December 1954, Seymour stepped down from the manager's role and became the club's vice-chairman, appointing
In a 2009 article written in The Times, Seymour was named Newcastle United's fifth greatest player of all time. He scored 83 goals in 266 games for the club.[6]
Legacy
Jackie Milburn was once quoted saying "There is a great debt owed by Newcastle United to Stan Seymour for all of his services to the club".[10]
The North Eastern League Cup (in which teams from the Northern Football Alliance Premier Division compete in) was renamed the Stan Seymour League Cup in his honour.[11]
Personal life
Seymour was married to his wife Charlotte, a native of Benton, Tyne and Wear.[12] The couple had two children, both of whom were associated with Newcastle United. Their eldest son, Stan Seymour Jr, was born in Scotland while Seymour was playing for Greenock Morton. He later joined Newcastle's board of directors and became chairman of the club from 1981 to 1988.[13] Their other son, Colin Seymour, played wartime football for Newcastle, but was killed in action during Second World War.[12][14]
Honours
Player
Greenock Morton
- Scottish Football League runner-up: 1916–17
- Great War Shield: 1914–15
Newcastle United
Manager
Newcastle United
References
- ^ Tynesider (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Newcastle United". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
- ^ Scotland Unofficial Matches 1902-1919, Douglas Gorman and Gabriele Tossani, RSSSF, 4 November 2021
- ^ "45,000 view the charity 'national match". Sunday Post. 9 June 1918. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014.
- ^ a b John Litster (October 2012). A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. Scottish Football Historian magazine.
- ^ a b "Chronicle's 100 Greatest Geordies: No's 15 to 13". Newcastle Chronicle. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ a b "George Stanley "Stan" Seymour". Toon1892. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ Manager Profile | George Stanley "Stan" Seymour [Directors Committee], Toon1892
- ISBN 1-84018-901-0.
- ^ Molina, Paula (4 April 2016). "Jorge Robledo, el futbolista chileno inmortalizado en un disco de John Lennon" (in Spanish). BBC Mundo. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "From Rafa to Sir Bobby, KK to Big Joe, Newcastle United's top 10 managers". Newcastle Chronicle. 6 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Football: Best year ever for Cullercoats". Newcastle Chronicle. 20 June 2009. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ a b Nigel McCrery (2023). Season in Hell: British Footballers Killed in the Second World War. Pen and Sword. p. 77.
- ^ "One of Toon's favourite sons". chroniclelive.co.uk. 2 June 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "These men were the REAL heroes of the Toon". Evening Chronicle. 8 November 2003. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
External links
- Stan Seymour at Spartacus Educational
- Stan Seymour at NUFC.co.uk (Official Newcastle United website)
- Stan Seymour at 123football.com