Stan Steele
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stanley Frederick Steele | ||
| Date of birth | 5 January 1937 | ||
| Place of birth | Fenton, Stoke-on-Trent, England | ||
| Playing position | Half-back / Inside forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Foley and Hewitt's | |||
| Port Vale | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1955–1961 | Port Vale | 185 | (66) |
| 1961 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | (0) |
| 1961–1965 | Port Vale | 148 | (22) |
| 1965–1967 | Port Elizabeth City | 43 | (5) |
| 1968 | Port Vale | 2 | (0) |
| 1968 | Port Elizabeth City | 17 | (0) |
| Eastwood Town | |||
| Armitage | |||
| Total | 396+ | (93+) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| Great Haywood | |||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stanley Frederick Steele (born 5 January 1937) is an English former footballer. A half-back and inside-forward, he scored 97 goals in 370 league and cup games for Port Vale between 1955 and 1968. His parents named him Stanley Frederick in honour of Stanley Matthews and Freddie Steele.
He was prolific in his first spell at Port Vale between 1955 and 1961, and hit 66 goals in 185 league games, helping the "Valiants" to the Fourth Division title in 1958–59. He was sold to West Bromwich Albion in March 1961 for £10,000, but returned to Port Vale for the same fee four months later. He proved to be less prolific in his second spell at the club, and was given a free transfer in April 1965. He spent time in South Africa with Port Elizabeth City before a brief and unsuccessful third spell at Port Vale in January 1968. He later had spells with non-league outfits Eastwood Town, Armitage, and Great Haywood.
Steele graduated from the Port Vale juniors to sign professional forms in May 1955. He did not feature in the 1955–56 season, but instead made his debut on 6 October 1956, in a 3–1 defeat to Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park. He scored his first senior goal on 3 November, in a 4–1 win over Liverpool at Anfield. On the last day of the 1956–57 season he scored past Potteries derby rivals Stoke City in a 2–2 draw at Vale Park, and finished the campaign with three goals in 12 games. However the season was a disaster for the club, and legendary manager Freddie Steele resigned from his post with Vale plummeting to the bottom of the Second Division.
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